interesting concept, getting rid of all rubber hoses and going with all steel or alum. piping.

my question is.
do you know of any shops in the Toronto GTA area that will do it? i ran into a guy two years ago who said he would do my brothers car (srt-4) for 100$. but he and my bro go way back, since then theyve lost touch, and well i didnt own the 7...

sooooo anyoneeeee help?

cheers.

cody

 

You're talking about flex line right?

 

the way i was explained, it was getting all rubber hosing removed, and replaced with steel piping, partially because steel//alum, allows for a constant cosistant flow. and that it will not pressurize like rubber hose..?

im pretty sure you get what im saying kinda.

My brother was talking to me about it, cause im still very fuzzy on the topic, but its actually like welding Piping together, for your intercooler, radiator, oil cooler, and having it chromed//or polished. it sounds pretty coool, but i just wanted to know if anyone had heard about it.

 

I don't see how the "flow" would be appreciably more or less constant with hard lines. For instance I have flexible rubber rad hoses that have a metal coil inside to keep them expanded. It's realy thick so I doubt it expands appreciably.

When you say "rubber hoses" do you mean just radiator and IC pipes or vacume and fuel as well?

 

Would cost 100 bucks in mandrel alone, without the welding and such

 

Why both with metal lines for things that are supposed to be kept cool? Wouldn't that just contribute to heatsoak rather than insulating the "medium" inside?

 

You also need some hoses to flex as the engine torques side to side. Flexpipe as mentioned above would be a better alternative if you are set on doing this.

 

It's not really that hard to make your own if you can weld. I did all hard pipes for the big rad hoses on my car and it's worked well. Just made with standard 1.5" diameter tubing and some stainless steel weld els to make the bends. I think there's about 2 hours into these two pipes?











Don't expect any improvements in flow or cooling. This is just a reliability mod as it prevents the failures with rubber hose and eliminates the maintenance.

Generally cheap to do as far as making the hard pipe, but the cost of the silicone couplers and clamps adds up quickly.

 

You mean like this for I/C piping? I finished this for a customer not too long ago. Looks awesome when using polished aluminum, and the silicon couplers and t-bolt clamps are pretty reasonable.

 

well for the ic of course. but my brother was actually talking about using it for the rad. as shown in aarons pics. thats what i mean

 

Now I'm confused...So you are talking about intercooler piping? It's pretty standard practice to make intercooler pipes out of metal. Generally stainless steel or aluminum. I did mine using stainless (the turbo outlet pipe is temporary, hence it's crappyness):