Hose Overbraid
Discussion
of smarting up the engine bay by buying some stainless Hose overbraid. 
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carnoisseur do sets for about 40 smackers not including finishing set another 20 dollars.
Look the dawgs b*££*<&s
tvrgnut
I would stay way from the aftermarket 'add-on' overbraid type stuff. They don't do anything for the hose, they are so easy to fit wrongly, and you can't see afterwards whether they are done right or not. Also they hide the state of the hoses and end fittings. I've worked on a very pretty engine done up with this stuff where there were half a dozen faulty joints including two high pressure fuel lines. But it looked fine until you looked under the braiding. Very satisfying getting shot of all that pretentious cr*p and back to basics.
Cheers,
Peter Humphries (and a green V8S)
) I agree with Peter. It does make the engine bay look really great but if you really want to know whats going on with the hoses in it then stay with rubber or silicone ones.
I was considering getting a set of braided ones made up but was advised against it because of the issues of not being able to see where a hose or which has split and getting the joints right can be a real pain.
I, like Peter use my car everyday and therefor to try and keep the engine bay spotless and pretty is just about impossible. For limited mileage cars then I would consider it a little harder.
I'm slowly changing mine to silicone hoses as the rubber ones are tired and rock solid. I think these are easthectically more pleasing then the black rubber ones and are more user friendly than the braided.
It all a compromise IMHO !!
I was considering getting a set of braided ones made up but was advised against it because of the issues of not being able to see where a hose or which has split and getting the joints right can be a real pain.
I, like Peter use my car everyday and therefor to try and keep the engine bay spotless and pretty is just about impossible. For limited mileage cars then I would consider it a little harder.
I'm slowly changing mine to silicone hoses as the rubber ones are tired and rock solid. I think these are easthectically more pleasing then the black rubber ones and are more user friendly than the braided.
It all a compromise IMHO !!
I have ordered mine through Demon Tweeks as I have discovered what internal diameters the hoses were as I replaced them. I am doing them as I go along rather than all ayt once due to my circumstances.
They are probably available cheaper than Demon Tweeks, but again this is due to my circumstances at the moment.
A lot of the hoses in the engine bay have their respective diameters on them and I have ordered 1m lengths of the correct diameter from DT's. The only pre-moulded engine specific hose on the 2.9 that I can see/think of while sitting here is the one on the front of the engine. All the others are replaceable with straight lengths cut to the correct fitting.
The annoying thing is that to keep all the hoses the same colour and matching you end up changing the overflow pipe aswell. This takes minimal pressure and only if the system boils over and will still cost you £20 !!
I'm not that far down the line yet and have been stopped at replacing the top and bottom radiator pipes for the Tower View STainless substitutes. I took the opportunity to then change the hoses (35mm int dia) for those while I was at it. I have said somewhere on here before that I would post what the internal diameters for all the pipes were if I got round to it.
Thinking about it though there are planty of guys on the group who have their respective engine out at the moment and could tell me what the diameters were and the exact lengths needed ! Would save me some time and agro !!! C'mon ya' buggers speak up !
They are probably available cheaper than Demon Tweeks, but again this is due to my circumstances at the moment.
A lot of the hoses in the engine bay have their respective diameters on them and I have ordered 1m lengths of the correct diameter from DT's. The only pre-moulded engine specific hose on the 2.9 that I can see/think of while sitting here is the one on the front of the engine. All the others are replaceable with straight lengths cut to the correct fitting.
The annoying thing is that to keep all the hoses the same colour and matching you end up changing the overflow pipe aswell. This takes minimal pressure and only if the system boils over and will still cost you £20 !!
I'm not that far down the line yet and have been stopped at replacing the top and bottom radiator pipes for the Tower View STainless substitutes. I took the opportunity to then change the hoses (35mm int dia) for those while I was at it. I have said somewhere on here before that I would post what the internal diameters for all the pipes were if I got round to it.
Thinking about it though there are planty of guys on the group who have their respective engine out at the moment and could tell me what the diameters were and the exact lengths needed ! Would save me some time and agro !!! C'mon ya' buggers speak up !
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