What'd 'yall do about your upper radiator hose?
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What'd 'yall do about your upper radiator hose?
Just wondering. My charge pipe makes contact and slightly pinches it, but not nearly enough to significantly impede flow. I figure you track guys are running a much, much better solution because you need all the flow you can get.
I will eventually want to redo this since it's annoying and looks shitty, so what did you all do to stop this/did you do anything to stop it?
I will eventually want to redo this since it's annoying and looks shitty, so what did you all do to stop this/did you do anything to stop it?
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We mess around our charge pipe and coolant hose setup/position. If you have a dedicated enough track car the radiator isn't even in the stock location or the rest of the ducting and cooling setup is good enough to compensate for a small pinch. If your car isn't a completely prepped race car then the small pinch probably isn't enough to matter. Pictures of your setup?
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Yikes that is a nasty pinch. You can forget about replacing your radiator with a thicker one any time soon too, no way it would fit. Have you tried cutting your silicone coupler shorter and shoving the pipe in further? You should have some more room by doing that.
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I'll probably make a new charge pipe, a little shorter and with re-placed fittings.
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I really, really wanted an OTR setup, but the IC is so long that it would have been impossible without cutting the frame. Sad face .
I think what I'll do is buy a 2.5" -> 2" 90* silicone reducer and make a new pipe, but this should work fine for now.
I think what I'll do is buy a 2.5" -> 2" 90* silicone reducer and make a new pipe, but this should work fine for now.
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1.insert giant spring into upper radiator hose
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the spring with the M-Tuned reroute is just the perfect size to slide into the upper radiator hole on my koyo. put a hose clamp on the hose+spring to hold the spring in place, sandwich the upper radiator tube between the spring and radiator hose. The spring will keep your hose from pinching while allowing it to remain flexible.
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the spring with the M-Tuned reroute is just the perfect size to slide into the upper radiator hole on my koyo. put a hose clamp on the hose+spring to hold the spring in place, sandwich the upper radiator tube between the spring and radiator hose. The spring will keep your hose from pinching while allowing it to remain flexible.