[DeTomaso] Cooling system hose questions

[asajay at asajay.com]

Alrighty then.  I took a break from the depression that is my cooling  
system and re-installed the ZF... all by myself.... took about two  
hours... used an engine hoist... actually went relatively easy.

So back to my cooling system...

I've pretty much removed all pieces of rubber that connect the various  
bits of hard line here and there.  I also purchased a bunch of hose  
from a Pantera Vendor last year.  (I was on a "support your vendor  
kick").  However, I've laid out all the pieces and I'm short.  The  
pieces I seem to need, are those with bends.  For example. the two  
tubes under the car, at the rear, one uses a straight piece to connect  
to an intermediate pipe going to the water pump (I have this one).   
The other apparently uses a short elbow to connect the undercar pipe  
to a much longer intermediate pipe that goes to the bottom of the  
swirl tank (I don't have this one).

I also don't have the two pieces going from the radiator to the  
corresponding intermediate pipes at the front of the car.  Both of  
those are elbow style hoses as well. <sigh>

Is there a good source for these?

Also, I think the two intermediate pipes leading to the radiator are  
too long.  Currently when hooked to the undercar pipes, the  
intermediates are pretty much butt up against the undercar pipes, but  
the other ends with rubber hose are for the most part right into the  
fins of the radiator.

I'm thinking of shortening these two intermediate pipes to give me  
more room behind the radiator for a sucker fan.  Any comments?

Which brings me to another item.  The sucker fans which some kind soul  
on this list sold to me many years ago (but hasn't been installed),  
has curved blades.  The thing is, the curve is facing the wrong way  
(in my opinion).  They are not "cupping" the air when turning the  
proper direction to pull air through the radiator.  As they are  
supposed to be rated at a higher cfm, does it really matter?  There is  
no way to turn them around due to the way they are molded at the mount  
point.  I'm not an airflow engineer so I don't know if it's a big deal  
or not.  I'm looking for comments, though I'll probably still use it  
as-is.

In summary, three questions:
- Where and what to get for the short elbow hose and the two radiator  
hoses in the cooling system.
- Comments on shortening the intermediate tubes going to the radiator.
- Comments on sucker fan with curved blades facing wrong way.

Thanks all,
Asa Jay