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kerbau53
Geoff Morton
Naples, FL
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Main British Car:
78 MGB Ford 5L

Radiator hose advice?
Posted by: kerbau53
Date: July 24, 2012 10:33AM

To make a clean looking setup vis a vis the radiator coolant lines, I want to use bent to fit stainless steel pipe with silicone couplers at the rad/water pump ends. Can anyone recommend the grade of stainless and wall thickness?

Thanks.


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Radiator hose advice?
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: July 25, 2012 04:45PM

Use the thinnest guage that you can bend reliably. 304 is common and should perform well. 316 should also work but will be harder to form. Thinwall bending will require sand packing but freezing water in the tube is another method that has been used successfully.

Jim


roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
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74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: Radiator hose advice?
Posted by: roverman
Date: July 25, 2012 06:30PM

Geoff, IMHO, buy your bends if you can get tight enough radius. Jeg's or "Burns' Stainless" in Ca., has large inventory. Good Luck, roverman.
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kerbau53
Geoff Morton
Naples, FL
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78 MGB Ford 5L

Re: Radiator hose advice?
Posted by: kerbau53
Date: July 26, 2012 01:36PM

Thx everyone. 16 ga. SS 304 will be first choice followed by 6061 aluminum.


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
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1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Radiator hose advice?
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: July 26, 2012 09:00PM

We want pictures.

Jim


Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
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'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: Radiator hose advice?
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: July 27, 2012 09:58AM

If you have access to TIG welding then you might try the prebent elbows available from this company [www.wagnercompanies.com]
We used some in aluminum for the water neck on the Roadmaster. They also come in stainless.


kerbau53
Geoff Morton
Naples, FL
(109 posts)

Registered:
08/09/2010 10:27PM

Main British Car:
78 MGB Ford 5L

Re: Radiator hose advice?
Posted by: kerbau53
Date: July 28, 2012 02:40AM

Thx Bill. I'll keep that in mind too. I have found a straight neck SBF thermostat cover that may simplify the problem too.

Pic is of the problem not the solution.
MGB 248.jpg



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