Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 9:52
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] aluminum hose
bungs/fittings
Greetings,
I'm trying to decide on
the fittings for my evap cores, and I haven't found much to choose from.
Straight AN bungs are pretty common, and I've also seen some NPT female
bungs. What I haven't found is any hose barb style
fittings. Ideally, I'd like to find some options for 45, or 90 degree
hose barb type fittings, in about a 3/4" size, since there isn't
much clearance under the outer tanks of the evap cores.
Can anyone point me to a place that sells
these?
BTW, I still haven't
officially decided if I want to use AN hose, or just good quality "heater
hose". I'll certainly keep AN hose for oil, but I think heater
hose is probably fine for water, especially with all my possible plumbing
methods.
Thanks,
Rusty (evap cores
temporarily in place)
Rusty, while I did
use AN-16 stainless steel braided hose for the radiators, I think a GOOD
quality radiator hose (like those blue silicon looking type) is all you need.
Perhaps replace them ever 2 - 3 years. Pay (as you clearly are doing)
attention to beads on hose connectors AND keep them out of line of sight of
anything radiating large amounts of heat such as exhaust/turbocharger
housings, etc.
The AN-16 has worked fine
for me, but heavy and expensive.
Ed
Anderson