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is Silicone Hose flexible?
saigonij - 12/8/07 at 04:46 PM

the water rail on my zetec, is not in direct line-of-sight to the radiator inlet, needs to have a bit of a bend in it.

therefore i was thinking about silicon hose....

but i dont know how bendy it is???

anyone tell me what its like?

balidey - 12/8/07 at 04:48 PM

Yes it bends, but it will kink very easily and may close up. Best bet may be to use a shallow 135 degree bend. Or a bent alloy section of pipe

AlphaX - 12/8/07 at 04:57 PM

45 degree bend would that be. A 135 degree is a sharp bend.

saigonij - 12/8/07 at 05:08 PM

here is a simular example, expect my bend will need to be shallower as my rad is not as wide...

will i be able to put this sort of bend in the pipe?


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cadebytiger - 12/8/07 at 05:16 PM

if you get the superflex stuff you should be ok. the other stuff is not very bendy at all unless you get it in small diameters

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=147_558_1330

balidey - 12/8/07 at 07:30 PM

quote:
Originally posted by AlphaX
45 degree bend would that be. A 135 degree is a sharp bend.

Not necessarily, i have seen both obtuse and acute bends refered to as both 45 and 135 degrees.

But thats not important, as the OP knows what angle is needed.

trextr7monkey - 12/8/07 at 07:47 PM

Revotec make some excellent stuff with spiral reinforcement which would do you no harm to fit, we looked at it down at one of the shows it will make a U bend without kinking but is -err... slightly more expensive than the ordianary stuff.

thunderace - 12/8/07 at 09:56 PM

SILICON HOSE WIRE REINFORCED SUPERFLEX
ebay
Item number: 290119899368

MikeRJ - 13/8/07 at 04:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by AlphaX
45 degree bend would that be. A 135 degree is a sharp bend.


45 degrees is a very sharp bend. 180 degrees is a straight pipe!

saigonij - 13/8/07 at 05:25 PM

so anyway.... getting back to my original question...

would a straight piece of silicon hose be able to bend in the manor illustrated in the picture i attached?

cadebytiger - 13/8/07 at 07:22 PM

highly unlikely but as i said the superflex hose would :p

link as above

MikeRJ - 13/8/07 at 07:59 PM

quote:
Originally posted by saigonij
so anyway.... getting back to my original question...

would a straight piece of silicon hose be able to bend in the manor illustrated in the picture i attached?


It would almost certainly kink. Either use two bends linked by an alloy pipe, or get the "ribbed" variety that has a coil spring built in to stop it kinking.

saigonij - 13/8/07 at 08:13 PM

cheers ears fellas...

i was gonna use silicon hose all round, but i think ill stick to normal hose from Car Builder Solutions.

britishtrident - 13/8/07 at 08:23 PM

For that sort of bend find a road car with hose of roughly the right shape. And get either the OEM style rubber hose or the Silicone equivalent.

britishtrident - 13/8/07 at 08:24 PM

For that sort of bend find a road car with hose of roughly the right shape. And get either the OEM style rubber hose or the Silicone equivalent.

adithorp - 16/8/07 at 09:37 AM

This is new from Gates

http://www.gates-unicoil.com/

Adrian