Yeah if you need it that high, it's not a solution.

I was refering to pipe with hose clamps (i.e. intercooler piping as mentioned by the OP).

Put a ring around the pipe where you want the clamp (can just use an offcut of the piping you are using and put a slice in the bottom to open it up and put over the pipe) couple of tack welds, voilla something for the clamp to hook onto. You don't need to run a weld the whole way around. Distortion and slag are operator error sorry, so that can be fixed if needed.

Just an option if you have to do a lot of these and don't require a pressed out end. I would imagine that after doing one, you wouldn't be too keen on doing more.

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