A question for you V8 guys....
 

How do you get the coolant lines to the radiator in your car?

This is the Renegade Hybrid method. The hoses look like they are hanging low in the pic but they are tucked up closer to pan they appear.

I'll post a couple more for clarity.

John

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Couldn't you run them along the rockers/longs?

Wow, I would hate to bottom out or high center in that car. :eek:

My car came with the hoses run through the heater ducts ala Rod Simpson. It wasn't long before I ripped them out and put them uder the car. Mine appeared to be tucked in a little bit better than the ones in the picture, but it may just be the angle.
I never bottomed out on the hoses BTW.

Plus those look like Green Stripe truck radiator hoses. Those things are very tough.

I've put about 3000 miles on car to date and not a scratch on hoses. Many folks question this approach but it has proven to work even when slid through the worst conditions.........ask Brad :)

Running the lines through the longs. restricts water flow due to the various bends.

Yes, this is green stripe truck radiator hose.

There are other ways to route lines (similar to method used to route fuel lines) but don't buy you anything. What you see in pics is simple to install and works.

John

Way cool :D Just what I was looking for! I was looking at running the oil lines for my cooler through the heater boxes, but I knew the V8 crew had to be doing something different. That setup looks exactly like what I was thinking of doing (with SS lines).

Thanks for the pictures: your car looks really clean! Do you miss not havong the gravel pan in the front at all?

I've never seen a stock gravel pan : ) I know the 914 came with them but have never seen one installed. To answer your question, no, I don't miss or see the need for any type of protective cover in this area of car.

John

I might be a little more careful with oil hoses than with water hoses. After all, an engine can run for a minute or two without water (even a water-cooled one!), but you can't usually say the same for oil.

--DD

Roger that!. The lines are going inside some robust tubing... and there's this bright light in case the pressure drops all of a sudden.

It's an option. The heater box looks good until I get to the end of it: if I go up, I have to find a way around the gas tank; if I go straight, I'm in the wheel well; if I go in, I have to worry about being sprayed with hot oil.

I suppose I could just put the dang thing (the cooler) on the trunk lid...

I guess that is better than using a hard line. If you happen to hit something they won't bend, thus restricting flow. I have driven my 914 for years and have never once high centered or hit anything. I did run over a huge rock once that came tumbling off a mt. in my 911. Came real close to taking out the oil lines in the rear by the tank. My pan was a little scarred, not to mention my rear fiberglass bumper was shredded. How many times does that happen though? Once in my 15 yrs. of driving.

John,

Do you have any problems with an accumulation of pebbles and dirt filling up your trunk with the wheel wells cutout? Also how about any flexing? I thought about maybe removing that section and having it louvered then replacing it. I have seen guys cutting out the floor for a vent, but that seems to cause excessive flexing.

I am getting ready to do a tear down on my ride. Motor and tranny are going into another 914 I'm selling. So before I decide to build up a 2.0 I might consider the V8 conversion I swore off.

It's gonna be great to finally add all these parts I have been saving up.

No dirt accumulation in front trunk and no evidence of flexing.

John

I used galvanized 1 1/4" electrical conduit out board in the pan recess under the car. Tough, light weight, rigid, cheap, and ganvanized so it won't rust. I ran into the front trunk through the boxed frame under the gas tank. Works for me.

I have stainless steel tubes inside the rocker panels .

If vyou look close under a 914 pan the area where those hoses run are recessed. The big coolant hoses will not totally tuck in there but smaller diameter oil hoses should be almost completely protected in hte grooves.
BTW don't obsess about having your oil hoses in danger under the car. If it was a big deal hundreds of thousands of 911s would be in trouble by now. That's where their hoses run, along the bottom on the right side.