MikeR
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 posted on 28/2/05 at 07:15 PM |
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90 degree elbow 32mm hose (Polo Rad)
Ok, so i want a 90degree elbow coming out of my polo rad. I don't want to spend a fortune buying a silicone hose......
any suggestions of a production car hose that would fit - or where i can get a normal rubber hose ?
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Mave
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| posted on 28/2/05 at 07:34 PM |
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I'm using the S-shaped one from a Golf II (don't know which engine). Maybe the Polo itself also has a useable one.
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BMF
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| posted on 28/2/05 at 09:29 PM |
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I know you said you don't want silicone, but try Highbury Hose on 01283 217750, I think they charge £8/9 for a 90 degree.
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MikeR
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| posted on 28/2/05 at 09:35 PM |
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but thats the problem, £8 pounds for 1 bend seems extortionate + then i'll want all my bends as silicon and the whole thing will cost a
fortune......
but thanks anyway, heard lots of good things about highbury hose on other lists.
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wicket
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| posted on 28/2/05 at 09:53 PM |
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I used these from Car Builders Solutions, nice a flexible and tight bends.
http://www.nfauto.co.uk/gates.htm
Cooling_System_1a.jpg pic in photo archive shows fitted hose.
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MikeR
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| posted on 28/2/05 at 09:56 PM |
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excellent thankyou....... any more ?
(cause that works out at £6.30 plus postage)
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NS Dev
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 08:13 AM |
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Come one Mike, splash out a bit!!
I am going to do the hoses on mine in a combination of stainless dairy tube and silicone pipe. I think I will try and do as much as poss (incl the 90
deg) in stainless and get my mate to TIG it up, and then just use short pieces of Silicone tube to join up at each end.
£9 is quite a bit for a bend, but then when you see how they are made you see why (layed up by hand over a mandrel, autoclaved etc) and you only pay
that £9 once, and you know it will never burst or let you down.
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MikeR
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 09:08 AM |
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Oi, are you trying to say i'm a tight northern git? Well your right!
So any better (cheeper) suggestions?
(how much and where from for the stainless diary tube?)
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 09:12 AM |
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Copper bends are another locost option
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James
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 09:22 AM |
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I bought a few of the flexible Gates' hose from Car Builder Solutions but haven't been that impressed.
Then I happened to be in Halfords one day (for my sins) and found they have a large selection of flexible hoses at a pretty good price- so I've
stuck with them now.
HTH,
James
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indykid
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 09:35 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
Copper bends are another locost option
28mm solder ring ends up at about 31mm on the bead.
i used a 28/15/28 T to run my header tank into the bottom hose. fits nicely, but expensive from orthodox suppliers i.e plumb centre etc. find a back
street hardware shop! 
hth
tom
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NS Dev
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 12:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
Oi, are you trying to say i'm a tight northern git? Well your right!
So any better (cheeper) suggestions?
(how much and where from for the stainless diary tube?)
Cheapest I have found for dairy fittings is here http://www.allstainlessltd.co.uk/
for example, 1.5" (38mm unfortunately!) 90 degree bend, hygienic 316 stainless, £3.44, 1" similar, £2.52.
min order £40 but with a couple of us! Also do many sizes of tubing useful for exhausts etc.
Stainless is not the expensive option it seems if you are careful!
Only trouble is their website seems to play up a lot!
[Edited on 1/3/05 by NS Dev]
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NS Dev
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 12:48 PM |
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Oh yes, meant to add, though off-topic, that their hygienic concentric reducers, suitably squashed at one end, would make perfect stainless exhaust
collectors for those making their own stainless manifolds!!
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MikeR
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 12:55 PM |
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I'm already using copper pipe for part of my water system between the head, header tank and return on the crossflow.
Its just the rad to block / pump that i'm looking for at the moment. I've already got flexible hoses (from halfrauds - impulse purchase)
but i wanted a really tight 90 degree bend out of my bottom rad.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 12:58 PM |
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Just to be annoying and upset lots of people, for some reason known only to me, I hate those flexible hoses, I think they just look naff..........but
that's just me being daft I suppose!
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MikeR
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| posted on 1/3/05 at 11:32 PM |
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I agree they do look naff...... but they work & you can cover them with bling styley after thought braided hosey bits 
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Micael
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 08:05 AM |
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I use an escort original hose that came with the Zetec engine. It has a nuce 90 bend.
Then I use lots of copper bends and flexi hoses.
Pics
Micael Moose Åman
Petrolhead and all around nice guy
"Don't leave the duck there. It's totally irresponsible. Put it on the swing, it'll have much more fun." //Sleep Talkin Man Dec 23
2009
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clbarclay
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 08:36 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
Just to be annoying and upset lots of people, for some reason known only to me, I hate those flexible hoses, I think they just look naff..........but
that's just me being daft I suppose!
If you mean the hoses that are convoluted (hose wall goes in/out), then there is another reason to hate them, they have a far higher resistance to
flow that a standard hose.
End result, poor looks and poor engine cooling. Usefull when all else fails but never my first choice.
[Edited on 2/3/05 by clbarclay]
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MikeR
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 05:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Micael
I use an escort original hose that came with the Zetec engine. It has a nuce 90 bend.
Then I use lots of copper bends and flexi hoses.
Pics
had a quick look on your site and couldn't see what you meant.....
if its the hose i'm thinking of its too shallow a bend, i want a tight 90 degree bend.
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Micael
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 09:07 PM |
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The pics dosen't show that hose very well.
This is the best pic I have that shows the 90 bend.
 
Rescued attachment hose.JPG
Micael Moose Åman
Petrolhead and all around nice guy
"Don't leave the duck there. It's totally irresponsible. Put it on the swing, it'll have much more fun." //Sleep Talkin Man Dec 23
2009
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MikeR
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| posted on 2/3/05 at 10:46 PM |
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that looks perfect - what escort is it from?
And while we're at it, what chassis / nose cone are you using? I keep getting paranoid about the placement of the rad as its so tight in the
scrap nose cone i've got.
[Edited on 2/3/05 by MikeR]
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Mave
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| posted on 3/3/05 at 04:45 PM |
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What's wrong with the VW item I mentioned earlier? You can get it for free at the scrappy! (just look poor). Mine has two 90 degree parts
(S-shaped), so you actually get two!
And yes, the rad IS very tight in the nosecone; I have the same problem.
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MikeR
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| posted on 3/3/05 at 07:25 PM |
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i wanted some choice
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Micael
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| posted on 3/3/05 at 08:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
that looks perfect - what escort is it from?
And while we're at it, what chassis / nose cone are you using? I keep getting paranoid about the placement of the rad as its so tight in the
scrap nose cone i've got.
[Edited on 2/3/05 by MikeR]
The hose comes from an Escort -95 1.8. I had to chop it as it was little long for my needs.
It is the hose that goes from the engine to the rad in an Escort. Before I chop it, it had a water temp sensor on it.
I have a MK Locost chassi (not an indy) with an GTS nosecone. The Polo 1.0 rad is a tight fit, but it fits.
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irvined
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| posted on 4/3/05 at 11:55 AM |
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With the luego nose cone, its TIGHT! But, it does fit, i did find that the hose clips actually fouled the nose so had to turn them so that the
tightening bit was out of the way,
The other beef I have with the polo rad is that its just about the same width as the chassis rails, so getting the hoses into the car can be a
pita.
Apart from that, its a nice rad imo.
D
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