Radiator and hoses questions

[Mattmannz]

What hoses are people using, especially the thermostat housing to lower radiator tank house?

My inlet/outlets are reversed and I am about to get them swapped but it looks like the radiator hose will contact the waterpump/accessories belt.

Does the bottom tank outlet typically come up a wee way after coming out at a right angle? I need to know if I need to extend the output by any.

Cheers
Matt.

 

[1uzvl]

Dont know if this will help you but im useing a nissan bluebird bottom hose and a vr commodore top hose.Perfect fit for a vl 6cyl rad.

 

[Mattmannz]

Cheers, it's quite tight between the radiator and the motor so really need to get a hose with the correct shape to clear the pulley's and belts.

Any pics?

Cheers
Matt.

 

[1uzvl]

Yeah could get you a couple of pics but would have to email them to you dont know how to put em on the website.

 

[-Nemesis-]

My radiator has the inlet on the bottom drivers side of the rad facing up. I use a hose off a VN V6 commodore, it is perfect for the task. Still sits between the motor and the radiator (i don't have enough room for a fan) but it kinks towards the radiator near the point of the engine belt. Quite freaky actually.....

The only issue is that it's not the fattest hose, is a bit of a squeeze fitting onto the inlet/outlets.

Only pic i've got sorry. I found it by going through the shelves at the local parts shop. It kinks down from the thermostat, then has a sideways bend (towards rad) in the middle of the downwards section, then straightens out. It is about 2" too long for my application, which a stanley knife fixed.

Edit* I now have a 65mm 4core radiator thats much bigger, can't fit a decent internal fan but the hose still fits. I've got a big cable tie around it halfway down (almost invisi) just to keep it from moving around and touching the belt.

 

[Mattmannz]

Thanks Nemisis, that looks exactly like what I need.

Cheers
Matt.

 

[-Nemesis-]

No probs. Strangely enough there's heaps of different hoses for all the VN-P series V6's so i'm not sure exactly which one it is. I think it may be listed as the Toyota Lexcen V6 hose. But yeah, I just dug around for ages in the local Super Cheap Auto shelf and low and behold I found it....