[DeTomaso] main water tubes

[P. Rimov]

Why go to all that work to solder beads on the tubes when you can beg, 
borrow or rent  tube beadering tools to make perfect beads in the material 
in the first place. 
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/parkerbead.php

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Seib" <oldwheel at mts.net>
To: "DetomasoList" <detomaso at realbig.com>; <panteradon at gmail.com>; 
<JDeRyke at aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:18 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] main water tubes


> That's why I'm looking for 1 1/4" soft copper tube. I have the beautiful
> polished SS tubes from Marino at Pantera East and I'm using all the ones I
> can, but I can't bend or weld SS tube, so I wanted to use soft copper pipe
> for the custom tubes I need for the Trusty/Taphorn system. (TT)? It's easy
> to bend and solder. Don't want any sharp 90 degree bends (cast fittings) 
> to
> obstruct precious flow. I want sweeping bends only. Can't find it. 8<(
>
> Maybe the TT system will offer an opportunity for a vendor if it becomes a
> popular thing?
>
> Barry
>
>
> Don Franck panteradon at gmail.com
> Thu Jun 19 14:14:34 CDT 2008
>
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>
> I though we were trying to route plumbing according to JT and Mike 
> Trusty's
> new cooling route.  I don't think any vendors supply that.
>
>
>
>
> On 6/19/08, JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> I see no advantage in changing from my vendor-supplied stainless steel
>> water
>> tubes (modified for our car's system) to some other non-corrosive
> material.
>> If
>> new tubes are to be made from something that radiates more heat for 
>> better
>> engine cooling while not corroding, then some of that extra heat will go
>> into
>> the main cabin. Adding heat rejecting materal so that the car's floor is
>> blocked
>> from receiving extra heat, only adds more weight. A recent write-up for
>> Dynamat says 'doing a complete car typically only adds 100 lbs of
>> weight....'.
>> Probably not talking about a 2-seat sportscar, but still....
>>
>> So did I miss something here; what's the purpose? To improve cooling or
>> avoid
>> paying a vendor for their well-worked-out stainless system to replace the
>> rust-out failures of stockers? If it's only to improve cooling, all the
>> pipes
>> should be replaced: besides the main straight pipes, there's the curled
>> pipe
>> attached to the water pump inlet, the curled pipe attached to the
>> thermostat
>> housing, the curled one that goes from a straight pipe to the swirl tank
>> and the
>> two bent pipes going to & from the radiator inlet/outlet. Together these 
>> 5
>> pieces are longer than either of the straight pipes and may not impact
>> cabin
>> heating as much. And if I were to do this, I'd use 2" tube everywhere so
> as
>> to
>> improve water flow a little. FWIW- J DeRyke, confused
>
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