Gauging Intrest: Hard Radiator Pipe Kit***V6 Solara***UPFD

[Astro]

How much. maybe interested.
Could clean up the welds????
But looks good.

This is what Danny's pipe looked like. They should look the same.

[Paladin06Greg]

That will look real sweet with the other changes I'm making under the hood.

How much. maybe interested.
Could clean up the welds????
But looks good.

This is what Danny's pipe looked like. They should look the same.

[SleeperSolara]

Oh, ok.
My bad.
Didn't know.
First time to see that.

[krook]

didn't Flipside909 (damn, that's some old school for ya!) bring up an issue of the flexibility of having a rubber silicone hose as compared to having hard metal pipe?

he mentioned that the hose was silicone so that it could flex.

anyone remember that older-than-dirt post from '95? :p

[StockSolara]

Flipside said:
Here's the flaw, the reason why radiator hoses are made with with rubber and stainless steel reinforcements is because radiator fluid is hot...and is designed to flex and give in different conditions. It's not smart to have a aluminum piece there because 1) the engine bucks back and forth at startup and during gear shifts...especially when you're running it hard 2) because radiator fluid is hot, that pipe needs to expand and contract when its hot and cold. Cosmetics...it looks great no doubt, but when it comes down to longevity and proper cooling, aluminum piping is not the smartest choice, especially for both hoses going to and from the radiator. Like I said before, great idea, but not very smart.