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Old 05-12-2020, 09:44 PM
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Hi, need to ask and see what others have done. I know each car is differant. My radiator outlet lines up about right in the middle of the midplate. I have 3 options i think. As you can see in the pics i dont have alot of room for bends

First option is i have a 90 degree elbow and make a hole right in the middle , the plate is 3" wide there. There are already some holes there. Is it ok to make that big of a hole there?

2nd option is to try and find a long u shaped hose to go down and around midplate and still have to use my 90 to get to radiator. I dont have alot of length to work with here. Might look like crap.

My other option is to cut that area out and recess it back?
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Old 05-12-2020, 10:01 PM
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Found this also, wish the one end was a little longer. Or make the hole and add metal to top and bottom to beef it up some?
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Old 05-13-2020, 07:03 AM
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your radiator looks pretty high? I have used a factory pontiac hose there, the biggest issu is the radiator entrance angle. those aluminum radiators are nice but they usually have the angled tube that complicates things with that style motor plate.
I had a radiator like that in my 64 with the AP front plate like that, and used those flexible stainless radiator hose kits. That fit great, but i hated the look. I swapped radiators to an early firedbird style that had a straight port entry and it made things a lot easier and cleaner.
On my tube car, I have a slightly different front plate, i tapped the timing cover for i think an 1 1/4 NPT stainless nipple and lowered it to get beneath the plate. then i trimmed th ehose to get the 90* at the level i wanted it. THis is a smaller radiator that is mounted a little higher and has the angled tube in it. It is a bitch to put the lower hose on but it works and looks good.
Ill see if i can dig up some pictures

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Old 05-13-2020, 07:31 AM
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Yeah that radiator looks high compared to out A bodies. What I did with mine is just cut the radiator inlet off and rewelded on a down angle. Notched the bottom of the front plate and used a regular hose.

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Old 05-13-2020, 10:30 AM
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Not quite sure how far up your rad is, but on my TA I had sourced a NAPA hose #7592 that fit perfectly with a small notch on the bottom or plate to fit.

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Old 05-14-2020, 07:54 PM
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I decided to go ahead and go thru the engine plate. I think I'll be ok. I'm going to put some rtv around the tube where it goes thru to help dampen any vibration from the tube against the plate so it doesn't rub a hole in it.
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Old 05-15-2020, 06:38 PM
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Default Front plate clearance

I cut clearance in my front plate and split a section of 3/8 fuel Hose to cover the cut out area. To keep from rubbing my lower hose. Been like this for several years no problems to date.

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Cut hose seems to be a good solution. For a much cleaner look log on to McMaster-Carr. They sell the products meant for exactly that reason and will offer a much more professional/ finished look.

https://www.mcmaster.com/edging/surf...ards-and-trim/

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I had the same problem with my race car. We ended up cutting off the lower hose and heater bibs in the front cover and welding a piece of aluminum tube higher up. Lower hose was then able to pass over my front plate.

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