solid rad. hose

[jojoegen]

Hi ,Jojoe here.I see many solid chrome radiator hoses attached by a rubber hose piece.Where can I get this type hose or pipe?.Thanx my friends.

[Ron61]

JoJoe,

Some of the chrome hoses are flex hoses made by Kool Flex I believe it is. Others are chromed pipe that people have bent to fit their application and then add the rubber ends to attach them. A friend of mine used one of those as his bottom radiator mount was on the opposite side from his water pump outlet. The Kool Flex you can buy at many car parts stores. The other you will need to have made to the length and any bends you need.

Ron

[MaSnaka]

Cool-Flex website is listed with the vendors at the lower left of this page. Good looking stuff.

John

[undy]

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...=KeywordSearch

[ratsnst1]

Im using that cool flex hose on my engine, at first I was unsure of the stuff, but it looks nice and works very well.

[capteddie]

JoJo...

Ed "DV" Combs might be able to bend you up some custom hard lines. He has a new 1.25 and 1.5 set of dies for his bender. You could then have them chromed or powder coated. You would need to provide him with some measurements on what you need.

You can find him over in the CRII forum or here...

That other guy named Ed and DVs CRII build

Ed

[convincor]

Stainless Works can also make what you want.
http://www.stainlessworks.net/cart/p...oducts_id=1322
or, Classic Tube http://www.classictube.com/products_aluminum.asp

[427 S/O]

The lower and upper radiator pipes on my ride were L-1011 fuel lines, I took them to a muffler shop and had the ends expanded to fit. To get a smooth radius bend, look for a company that uses a 'ram' inserted in the pipe as it's bent.

Here's one for reference only, never used them.

http://www.brooksbends.com/bndprc.ht...FQETGgodQyDgCg

[Fastz06]

You might find what you need here....just need to polish

http://woolfaircraft.thomasnet.com/a...ws/bent-elbow?

[jojoegen]

just want to thank everyone for their help.I know more now than before thanx to each of you.Have a safe new year.JoJoe

[SantaFe66]

Joejoe,

Another place you might look is at Carroll Shelby Ent. I saw that their cooling systems were fabbed with mandrel bent pipe and I eventually got them to respond (they aren't very responsive to folks that just want to buy parts). I can't remember what the cost was for the top 90 degree tube but was similar in price to the Woolf products previously mentioned.


http://www.carrollshelbyent.com/engine_index.cfm