What aluminum radiator are you guys running?, V8 conversion... Options

[DrifterJay]

Alright my original "old school" Renegade H. radiator is leaking. Now those of you that put together your cooling setup, what Aluminum radiator did you run from Summit or Jegs? Or other online source?

[skline]

That is the only hose I would run on my car. It's really not that expensive either. To buy the hoses from Renegade or Rod Simpson, you would spend $100 just for the hoses, I get it across the street from my house from Mesa Hose and it cost me $80 for both hoses. We used it on Joe Buckles car too when we replaced all the hoses on his car. It is some really tough hose. The only hose better would be the Silicone hose they sell, that however, is expensive, it was like $13 something a foot.

Yes, you run it from the radiator to the engine, no connections in between.

[jsteele22]

That is the only hose I would run on my car. It's really not that expensive either. To buy the hoses from Renegade or Rod Simpson, you would spend $100 just for the hoses, I get it across the street from my house from Mesa Hose and it cost me $80 for both hoses. We used it on Joe Buckles car too when we replaced all the hoses on his car. It is some really tough hose. The only hose better would be the Silicone hose they sell, that however, is expensive, it was like $13 something a foot.

Yes, you run it from the radiator to the engine, no connections in between.

Cool. (NPI)

Funny coincidence : I went to a store today looking for fuel-line related stuff, and as an afterthought asked about coolant hoses. They pointed me to a pretty decent selection of that marine hose. I hadn't heard of anyone using it in their conversions til I checked this thread today. Probably what I'll go with.

[tyler]

There's several different types. I think it's important to get the type with the wire (embedded in the wall) so it won't collapse and can be bent around corners easily.
Also the type I used was for "engine exhaust". I thought it was priced by the "inch" but I could be wrong since it's been so long.
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Funny coincidence : I went to a store today looking for fuel-line related stuff, and as an afterthought asked about coolant hoses. They pointed me to a pretty decent selection of that marine hose. I hadn't heard of anyone using it in their conversions til I checked this thread today. Probably what I'll go with.
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