New Mods!
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Drifting
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Well...in the initial shipments Chip was including the red end clamps, but then switched over to regular band clamps. This was due to some people (including myself) not being able to get the hose installed with the supplied end clamp. Apparently, the lip on some vehicles are larger than others witch is a problem for fitment.
So what I did was experiment with some other sizes and finally got a combo that worked. However, I had to machine a few of them. These were the front out the reservoir going to the water pump (both ends had to be modified) and the upper radiator (both ends) went with a 1 1/2 inch instead of the 1 1/4 which it truly is. The lower rad hose I just used the band clamp supplied by chip, b/c at that point I was low on patience and it's a B!tch of a tight area to work in. The air pump and brake booster line I procured myself. I made a coupler to connect to booster since I didn't feel like taking the manifold off again. ONCE WAS ENOUGH!!!
So what I did was experiment with some other sizes and finally got a combo that worked. However, I had to machine a few of them. These were the front out the reservoir going to the water pump (both ends had to be modified) and the upper radiator (both ends) went with a 1 1/2 inch instead of the 1 1/4 which it truly is. The lower rad hose I just used the band clamp supplied by chip, b/c at that point I was low on patience and it's a B!tch of a tight area to work in. The air pump and brake booster line I procured myself. I made a coupler to connect to booster since I didn't feel like taking the manifold off again. ONCE WAS ENOUGH!!!
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Drifting
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Well...in the initial shipments Chip was including the red end clamps, but then switched over to regular band clamps. This was due to some people (including myself) not being able to get the hose installed with the supplied end clamp. Apparently, the lip on some vehicles are larger than others witch is a problem for fitment.
So what I did was experiment with some other sizes and finally got a combo that worked. However, I had to machine a few of them. These were the front out the reservoir going to the water pump (both ends had to be modified) and the upper radiator (both ends) went with a 1 1/2 inch instead of the 1 1/4 which it truly is. The lower rad hose I just used the band clamp supplied by chip, b/c at that point I was low on patience and it's a B!tch of a tight area to work in. The air pump and brake booster line I procured myself. I made a coupler to connect to booster since I didn't feel like taking the manifold off again. ONCE WAS ENOUGH!!!
So what I did was experiment with some other sizes and finally got a combo that worked. However, I had to machine a few of them. These were the front out the reservoir going to the water pump (both ends had to be modified) and the upper radiator (both ends) went with a 1 1/2 inch instead of the 1 1/4 which it truly is. The lower rad hose I just used the band clamp supplied by chip, b/c at that point I was low on patience and it's a B!tch of a tight area to work in. The air pump and brake booster line I procured myself. I made a coupler to connect to booster since I didn't feel like taking the manifold off again. ONCE WAS ENOUGH!!!
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Hi ALVETTE00 -
Awesome!
Your car looks very well modded.....
thanks for the pics .
best regards -
mqqn
Awesome!
Your car looks very well modded.....
thanks for the pics .
best regards -
mqqn
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The hoses look really good. Really makes the engine bay pop out.
