quote:Originally posted by Italian hot rod:quote:Any thoughts, concerns before I finish hooking it up?
Looks well-executed. A good off-season project. You surely got your money's worth on the stockers.
Did you use 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" i.d. size pipe?
Stock metal was 1 3/8"
Are you aware that compared to the stock metal pipes, your copper replacements are going to do a much better job of radiating the coolant heat into your cabin by way of the center tunnel?
If your console tunnel has been a bit of an unwanted heat source previously, I fear it will be more so with the copper.
Since you've come this far, perhaps you could restrict some of that increased heat by ceramic coating the copper inside and out? Like is done on engine headers.
Don't mean to rain on your parade, and I hope this is something you've thought out and are good with.
Just thought it better to put this out before your install and before you are faced with an unexpected discovery once you are back on the road.
These are the ones that run inside the shifter tunnel that connect the heater hoses to the heater core inside the cabin. I made them out of 1/2 inch copper pipe because the o.d. of copper pipe is 5/8" I don't expect too much heat gain as the total length of the copper pipe is about 1/2 the length of the steel pipe and the rest is silicone heater hose. I also intend to use shut-offs outside the passenger compartment and put insulation (dynamat type) on the underneath. Should actually be better off heat gain wise when am done.