My Cooling Improvement Project (hopefully)
CHAPTER 3 - Heater Hoses
I had my heater hoses routed down and to the rear between the block and headers. I think they were also picking up heat from the block and most of all the headers.
If you look at the first pulley photo above, you will see how the hoses were run.
I have made up "pass thru" fittings and ran the heater hose thru the frame rail and into the passenger side front wheel well to try to remove any heat from the engine bay.
Sorry, I did not get any photos of the brass fittings that I made. What I did was to get two 5/8" brass flare fittings and two 4" X 3/8" brass nipples.
I used a 3/8"NPT tap and treaded the inside of the flare fittings. Then I cut and retheaded the nipples to the required length and assembled the flare fittings on to the brass nipples and silver soldered them together.
With the brass fittings thru the frame rail, I added 3/8" black iron 90* elbows and black iron nipples. I cut 6" x 3/8" black iron nipples in half, then turned groove with my metal lathe to help hold the 5/8" heater hose.
See the following photos.
CHAPTER 3 - Heater Hoses
I had my heater hoses routed down and to the rear between the block and headers. I think they were also picking up heat from the block and most of all the headers.
If you look at the first pulley photo above, you will see how the hoses were run.
I have made up "pass thru" fittings and ran the heater hose thru the frame rail and into the passenger side front wheel well to try to remove any heat from the engine bay.
Sorry, I did not get any photos of the brass fittings that I made. What I did was to get two 5/8" brass flare fittings and two 4" X 3/8" brass nipples.
I used a 3/8"NPT tap and treaded the inside of the flare fittings. Then I cut and retheaded the nipples to the required length and assembled the flare fittings on to the brass nipples and silver soldered them together.
With the brass fittings thru the frame rail, I added 3/8" black iron 90* elbows and black iron nipples. I cut 6" x 3/8" black iron nipples in half, then turned groove with my metal lathe to help hold the 5/8" heater hose.
See the following photos.