Inexpensive Square to round hose adapter for 3 inch brake duct hose

[iwantspeed]

Hey guys, I just wanted to share something I found at Home Depot today.

A fellow forum member and I have been discussing an e30 he is building up. After of couple of messages he offered to send me some 3inch brake duct hose that i had posted in a wtb ad.
Kind of as a thank you.

he sent me about 7 feet of 3 inch high temp brake duct tubing for free! Stoked!

thanks Scott, (Flyingbricke30)


Thanks to Andrew Lang at Lang Racing Development for setting me up with some Carbon Fiber brake ducts. These were some prototypes and just needed some holes drilled to match the strut pattern.


I found these at Home Depot.









these adapters fit the square brake duct and the 3 inch round hose.
the adapter need these 4 little nubs cut off.



I just cut them with a pair of side cutters


you get a rough hole that can cut into your brake hose


just file it down or sand it down.


wrapped it black tape to prevent chaffing


it fits!


here is the hose just mocked up to the brake duct

[2mAn]

cant wait to do this. I love those CF brake ducts... I want some!

[Northern]

Pretty slick, good find.

[E30NJ]

Thats awesome!

[camshaftgsxr]

how do these stay out of the way of the wheels when turning? ive always wanted to run a set of proper ducts but i cant think of a way to keep the hose in one piece.

[iwantspeed]

cant wait to do this. I love those CF brake ducts... I want some!

Thanks

Pretty slick, good find.

Thanks

Thats awesome!

Thanks

how do these stay out of the way of the wheels when turning? ive always wanted to run a set of proper ducts but i cant think of a way to keep the hose in one piece.

Thanks
I made a coupe of u brackets that I drilled into the bottom
Of the frame rail and I ziptied the hose to that bracket.

[cgk_iii]

Also another good cost effective thing you can do with this mod is get dryer ducting from Home Depot. A lot cheaper. Might not 'look' as good but it's definitely functional.

[cgk_iii]

Will have to look for those downspouts next time I get to Home Depot. Thanks for the write up!

[itskingsteelo]

for those of you who are making your way over to home depot, when you get there and ask them for this particular product, just give them the sku number in this case being "626-736" and theyll be able to find it alot quicker. and youll be on your way.

[DER E30]

Great idea!