clbarclay
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 posted on 29/5/05 at 11:36 AM |
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Polo rad hoses
What hoses have people succesfully used for instalation of a polo raditor on a book size locost chassis?
I'm using the smallist polo rad, a more or less book chassis and an indy nose cone. So far using a old escort 90 bend on the rad outlet has made
possitioning the rad awkward to say the least, so i'm trying to find a tighter 90 degree bend (escort hose has outer radius of 85mm approx).
Universal flexible hoses are one option i'm trying to avoid as the common/cheap ones ruin flow in the colling system and I suspect the expensive
ones arn't much better.
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 29/5/05 at 03:06 PM |
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bottom hose arrangements.......
 
Rescued attachment bottomhose1 vsml.jpg
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 29/5/05 at 03:08 PM |
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Top Hose..........
 
Rescued attachment Carbs On Car 1 vsml.jpg
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MikeR
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| posted on 29/5/05 at 03:10 PM |
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I used a gates 90 degree 32mm rubber hose from car builder solutions. Not that cheep but cheeper than silicone and does the job.
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clbarclay
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| posted on 29/5/05 at 04:43 PM |
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Dave
Does the bottom hose from the rad go round the out side of chassis tube LB?
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MikeR
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| posted on 29/5/05 at 04:50 PM |
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What size copper tube have you used there ? I was told there wasn't any 32mm tube available as a standard size.
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 29/5/05 at 08:03 PM |
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Yes the tube goes round the outside of the chassis.
i believe the copper tube is 28mm? , but if you use the pre soldered yorkshire fittings they add nearly 4mm as you've got the thickness of the
copper + the groove that the solder is in.
On my straight lengths ,I Cut a straight yorkshire fitting in half and soldered one half onto each end to give the right diameter and a raised ridge
for the hose to grip onto when clamped.
Not that pretty but , fits in with the Locost ethos!!!!!
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