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Wow, no one will have earned the right to smile when they drive their Pig more than you Rush!!!The saga on this front for the last couple weeks has been working on the plumbing for the oil cooler.
I was originally wanting to just run some hoses and call it good. Unfortunately, after mocking them in, there was severe interference between the hoses and the exhaust pipe running down from the header.
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After mulling on it for a bit, I decided to that some hard lines were going to be necessary to avoid the exhaust pipe. Not too big of a deal except that the oil cooler AND the thermostat head are plumbed with 8AN ports and fittings which means to me that they intend or suggest you to run 1/2” lines rather than necking it down to 3/8”. So, had to buy some more tools to accommodate 1/2” tubing, which in this version is NiCopp tubing. If for whatever reason it doesn’t cut it, I’ll upgrade to stainless.
After getting the hard lines worked out, I built some short hose assemblies to connect to the cooler.
The down pipe now has space, but not as much as I’d like, and fortunately with that, I can modify the pipe and kick it over a half inch or more towards the frame giving everything a little more breathing room.
Going to cover the hard lines with some insulation and maybe play with some different tubing holders (instead of the ‘P-Clamps’) before being completely finished with this.
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