Correct Oil Cooler Hoses and Fittings

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

In our haste to answer your question Mr '427 Street', a big fact was overlooked.
Seeking originality on a street car with an oil cooler?? Why bother when a cooler is 'wrong' in the first place?

Which is why I told him to "forget originality" in the first place. If the red and blue fittings offend thee, then pluck them out... or brush them away, as the case may be.

[Rick Parker]

Oven cleaner or TCP used for cleaning walls will remove the anodizing without scuffing the surface of the aluminum fittings.

[ERA2076]

My car came with colored fittings, but swapped them all out. Tried removing the color but elected to replace.

Ordered a set of 48 IDA today from Red Line. Their fuel lines comes with the colored fittings. Elected to home brew them. It can take a little work to source the naturals.

[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by ERA2076

It can take a little work to source the naturals.

No it doesn't. Aeroquip makes nickel finished AN.

[Mark IV]

Nickel finish fittings are readily available....

[computerworks]

circa 1966 (iow, original) as a sample

Blue elbow, pig metal bare metal hose fittings

[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by computerworks

circa 1966 (iow, original) as a sample

Blue elbow, pig metal bare metal hose fittings

Yes but on an S/C, not street car.

[computerworks]

Actually, that is a Comp, not an S/C

[patrickt]

427 Street -- just remember, if you decide to change out the fittings instead of brushing them clean, or using some sort of poison goo on them, make sure you do a careful job, not a half-ass job. Those lines (hopefully) see a regular pressure of 60 psi and you might very well surge to a good bit more than that. These are not fuel lines with 6 psi. If you don't do it right, the line will pull out from the fitting and you're likely to burn up your engine before you notice the gauge or the smoke.

[Jerry Clayton]

Sooooooooooo Patrick----------why haven't you told 601HP about the spark plug wires??????

[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton

Sooooooooooo Patrick----------why haven't you told 601HP about the spark plug wires??????

-Because it made 601HP with 'dangerous' wires.
DO NOT encourage Harry Potter Clayton...

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton

Sooooooooooo Patrick----------why haven't you told 601HP about the spark plug wires??????

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

DO NOT encourage...

Well, since you asked... Yes, I learned the hard way about the "correct" wire order on the driver's side of FEs when Jerry dinged me for twenty points at the last concours d'elegance. Back in the old days, Ford flipped the wires to help separate plug wires 7 and 8, which had a tendency to cross-fire. Now, I never had a cross-fire wth them in numerical order, but I do have the entire 8 wire order rotated a couple of slots from the original #1 placement, so 7 and 8 don't run along side one another all that much anyway. Truthfully, the Moroso wires are probably just better than the older 60's crap. Here's a shot of the order as specified by Jerry.

[ERA Chas]

^^^You could disconnect 3 of the 8 wires and still have the same 345 HP that LaPine built you.

[601HP]

Yep. I was savvy to that potential after reading my copy of Steve Christ's BIG-BLOCK FORD ENGINES, pg. 153, many years back. That's why I decided to try these about 12 years ago. So far, no problem!

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[patrickt]

Originally Posted by 601HP

... and 60kV.

Alright Chas, for the rest of the day I want you to study the difference between real power, apparent power, and reactive power and be prepared to expound on the subject later this evening in this thread.

[ERA Chas]

Prepare THIS-
I'll be doing better things this evening than looking for your quiz Mr Wizard.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

I'll be doing better things this evening than looking for your quiz Mr Wizard.

Uh-huh, massaging those hemorrhoids again, eh Chas?

[Mando]

427street, I agree the red/blue fittings look old to me too. I'm in the middle of changing all my fittings to black fittings and black/silver hose ends.







Regards.

[Dangerous Doug]

Mando: The black/silver look awesome. That's the direction I am going with my ERA FIA with my new KC 331.

Okay, everyone after me:

"Hi. My name is [insert your name here]. I am a recovering Cobra originality nut..."

Kidding aside. I walked in to the Shelby tent at the 2012 Historics and was examining the flip-top Cobra. Guess what? Red and blue steel-braided lines everywhere. Now, if the owner of THAT car dismisses originality...

You know, just sayin'...
DD

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Dangerous Doug

Guess what? Red and blue steel-braided lines everywhere. Now, if the owner of THAT car dismisses originality...

You know, just sayin'...

Probably didn't use AN wrenches on them either.