Figured I'd share this as it has been much of help to me and hopefully to others. Recently my buddy purchased a punishment racing fmic kit. If any of you have purchased this kit, you know it does not come with a boost source off the j-pipe as the stock pipes do. Forgetting about this and finding out at 4:30 on a sunday, my buddy and I were sort of in a bind. A quick trip down to ace hardware yielded nothing and although I have a mig welder, I have no aluminum wire. Got to thinking why I clamp in valve stem would work. So we run down to advance auto and pick up a pack of 2. We used a ballpien hammer to slightly flatten the pipe, drill a hole the size of the grommet and clamp it in. Once all assembled, the valve stem held boost up to 20psi no problem.
I figure the valve stem is designed to hold 200psi and is designed to handle the elements and heat/cold for the life of the tire or longer.
Only real problem I could see is the rubber degrading, but I figure it'd take a while and depending on location may never need to be changed.
For those of you unfirmiliar with the tire world, a clamp in valve stem used a rubber grommet on the inside and a washer and nut on the outside to secure the valve to the wheel.
A quick search at advanceauto.com or autozone.com will yield an example of what I am talking about.
Just thought I'd share my idea with you all. I will be doing this to my talon shortly and my sentra already has it in place, just finishing up the exhaust
-cheshire
