DID YOU KNOW? We only use premium quality silicone rubber and all of our hoses are hand finished and inspected by our race equipment engineers. YOUR TIPS If you've come across any useful hints and tips when fitting and using our silicone hoses then we'd love to hear from you. Contact us here... CUTTING To cut silicone hose use a new 'snap Off' blade in your knife. Tighten a jubilee clip around the hose and use the edge of the clip as a guide for the knife blade then slip off clip and slice through the remainder with the hose resting firmly on a flat service. FITTING Always use good quality hose clamps with silicone, ones with rolled or bevelled edges and a smooth liner…never use clamps that have the drive mechanism perforating the inside of the clip. CLEANING To clean silicone hose use hot soapy water. LAB TESTING We at Samco Sport pride ourselves on the performance of our hoses and that confidence is derived from our fully equipped laboratory where testing and evaluation is carried out. All new designs of hoses are tested to ensure that they meet our high standards. We are able to test a number of aspects of hose performance including endurance testing, burst testing and cyclic vibration testing. This testing, together with feedback from customers and suppliers, enables us to provide unrivalled quality. NEW MATERIAL Development is currently at an advanced stage into a new material that will push the performance of Samco Sport hoses EVEN FURTHER! These radical new materials are currently undergoing evaluation by one of our most demanding customers and if proven reliable, will be brought into production soon... perhaps Samco SUPER Sport! BONDING We have been busy researching the various bonding agents used to incorporate aluminium inserts into our more complicated hoses. Techniques, processes, priming agents and adhesives have been assessed to allow a manufacturing process that generates excellent bonding. But remember, silicone hates sticking to anything so when adjusting any inserts keep the tightening torque below 3Nm. BURST PROFILE Please click the image for a larger version.