Hi and thanks again Pete,
Looking at the exposed ridge that circles about half way up the available throttle body flange, I can see how that ridge actually serves to reduce the effectiveness of a regular hose clamp, as the effective footprint of stiction is less as it is in fact only using the available surface at the crest of the ridge. I reckon the wire-hose-clamps they use in woodworking should work out really well with the pliable but strong silicone hose, as it would have one wire clamping on either side of the ridge, making sure the bugger can't move.
Here's a link to what I talk about, but I shall source the right one and provide a proper link to where one get get them a soon as I've found it.
http://www.directindustry.com/prod/mpc-industries/wire-hose-clamps-65240-720499.html
I have also been briefly toying with the idea of LEAVING the rubber flange covering the throttle body intake, and enter the 90 degree bend with a reduction hose that takes the diameter down from 2.5" to 2.25" like this one:
http://www.siliconeintakes.com/prod...d=388&osCsid=f7b91c5cecb13bb83721840e94508065
clamping the outside of the 2.5" silicone, and then using an adhesive between the silicone hose and the existing rubber flange. I think I have discarded that idea after having entered the minefield of trying to find a suitable compound (glueing rubber and silicone together, that will last for years, without having to worry about it. I just don't want to get to servicing time, and find that my filter has come off at a time unbeknownst to me and that the engine has been unprotected for an unknown time period.