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Is it possible to swap an aluminium el/ef radiator into an eb? i keep having problems with the side tanks cracking so i thought i would fix it once and for all by installing an aluminium radiator but the only radiators i can find for normal pricing are for an el/ef. as far as i know i need 2 swap the bottom hose but which hose should i use? ef/el or ea/eb/ed? and will the mounting holes all line up without modification?
Thanks for your help guys Thorsten
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| TROYMAN |
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the ef/el will bolt in the same, but the ef/el radiator has a smaller diameter lower hose outlet..
so the eb hose is to large.. and the ef lower radiator hose is to small to stretch over the eb water pump. i guess you can make a reducer from a pipe? or get the tanks swapped over?? |
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TROYMAN wrote: the ef/el will bolt in the same, but the ef/el radiator has a smaller diameter lower hose outlet.. so the eb hose is to large.. and the ef lower radiator hose is to small to stretch over the eb water pump. i guess you can make a reducer from a pipe? or get the tanks swapped over?? Yeah i think i will get custom braided hoses and see if they can make a reducer. thanks for your help!
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Natrad end tanks are reinforced down the seam, and wont crack.
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| Dansedgli |
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Wouldnt the "custom braided hose" defeat the purpose of buying a cheaper EF rad in the first place?
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| dogie456 |
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Dansedgli wrote: Wouldnt the "custom braided hose" defeat the purpose of buying a cheaper EF rad in the first place? braided hose will last much longer than normal. the only other aluminium radiators i could find for an eb were like $800 while the one im getting will be $300. the point of this is to increase the reliability of the radiator and hosing so this doen't happen while im driving in the middle of nowhere. thanks again for your help
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braided lines will cost more then the radiator.
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Steady ED wrote: braided lines will cost more then the radiator. haha aight mate. dad has an lotus ex racecar so we get discounts for braided hose as we have already spent sooooo much on the lotus hahaha. without a discount how much do you rekon im looking at for braided hoses approx? cheers
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lol righteo, if your old man has used alot of braid in his lotus, ask him how much -16 or -20 fittings cost...
then you've still got to get AN nipples welded onto water pump, rad, and thermostat housing. then that still doesn't change the fact that while you've got bling radiator hoses now, all your heater hoses are still rubber.
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just purchase EF/EL pipes... (which i would replace anyway if you are replacing the rad..)
anyway they are the same unit, only difference i can see is the bottom hose of the overflow bottle.
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| TROYMAN |
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the cheapest and easiest thing to do is just buy a new copper eb radiator... no mods required and will last longer than an alloy one....
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dogie456 wrote: Steady ED wrote: braided lines will cost more then the radiator. haha aight mate. dad has an lotus ex racecar so we get discounts for braided hose as we have already spent sooooo much on the lotus hahaha. without a discount how much do you rekon im looking at for braided hoses approx? cheers It doesnt matter what it costs without a discount. You get a discount! |
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| dogie456 |
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Dansedgli wrote: dogie456 wrote: Steady ED wrote: braided lines will cost more then the radiator. haha aight mate. dad has an lotus ex racecar so we get discounts for braided hose as we have already spent sooooo much on the lotus hahaha. without a discount how much do you rekon im looking at for braided hoses approx? cheers It doesnt matter what it costs without a discount. You get a discount! hahahaha true true
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| EF_wanabe |
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sorry to beat a dead horse but is there a cheap way to use the EF/EL rad in to the box car
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| TROYMAN |
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as i mentioned before it will fit straight in, but you need to reduce the size of the bottom radiator hose to suit as ea/ed lower hose is larger than ef/el....
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