Pics to follow in multiple emails, due to list
size limits.
I bought most of my stuff from
http://www.siliconeintakes.com/and
http://www.verociousmotorsports.com/Also,
check ebay for both mandrel bends and silicone bends. There are several
sites with pretty good prices.
Silicone Intakes' mandrel bends are
much cheaper than their silicone bends. For same-size couplers, you can
just buy a length of hose & cut it into couplers (see radiator input
pic).
I had no luck bending thinwall AL tubing myself, even if I
packed the tubing with sand prior to bending & used a Harbor Freight
hydraulic pipe bender. However, if you can stand the loss of flow area, AL
electrical conduit is relatively easy to bend without collapsing it
(thicker walls).
Silicone hose seems to cost anywhere from $5 (1")
to $20 per foot. Tubing looks prettier, but a continuous run of
silicone hose isn't that much more expensive and it can get done in
minutes instead of weeks. Ask me how I know....
Charlie
On
10/21/2014 7:28 AM, Jeff Whaley wrote: