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Radiator Hose Solution for Suby Conversions, Testing the waters for a group buy |
skeates |
Oct 23 2014, 01:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 218 Joined: 28-February 05 From: Sacramento, ca Member No.: 3,684 Region Association: Northern California |
Hi All - I've been looking into different solutions for merging the two coolant outputs on the 6-cylinder suby motors into a single tube. I finally found something that should work pretty well with these guys Jags That Run. The idea is to use a "T" to merge the two 1-1/8" outlets into a single 1-1/4" hose. The fitting would also be tapped for a 1/4" nipple which would be used as a steam line and routed back to a surge/expansion tank. The following pictures show a rough diagram of my expected set-up and then some examples of their "T" fittings. (Note that I didn't bother including any of the return lines in the diagram)
I'm posting this to see if anyone else would be interested in this fitting since right now it's a one-off production. If I just purchase the one it will be ~$80. However; if I can get 10 or more orders the price will come down to about $30/each! So...any interests? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/www.jagsthatrun.com-3684-1414093000.1.jpg) |
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Oct 24 2014, 08:39 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,508 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California |
It would be interesting to have some real world numbers on this. An IR thermometer will show differences. I'll post my #'s in the next few day's here. Commercial water heaters are combined in the manner I described above. Always. It's critical in this case if you want them to "all" share the work load equally. I didn't conjure this up. That being said, I would bet that the slight casting differences in the heads will be more of an influence than the piping itself!
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