[DeTomaso] Under car water pipes

[asajay at asajay.com]

What road hazard protection would these have?  I'm imaging cast  
tubing, which would be prone to cracking.  But I'm just guessing here.

Asa Jay

Quoting J B Reardon <jbreardon at yahoo.com>:

>
> Has anyone tried different rigid pipes for the coolant lines? Years   
> ago at work some R&D engineers were working on a project and they   
> were using some 1-2” aluminum tubing that had cast fins. Looked like  
>  an asterisks ’ * ‘.
>
> My question is would there be much of an advantage to fit such   
> tubing to the Pantera
> worth the effort? Depending on how many fins would there be a   
> significant heat transfer?  A second benefit of the rigid tubing   
> that the tubes might be mounted to add a bit of stiffening for the   
> chassis.
>
> Jim
>
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