Thread: coolant elbow specs

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

I don't think they'd be all that hard to make. With the right equipment. All you have to do is machine the two ends round, put a groove in for the o-ring and drill the 90 degree in them. You could leave the rest as square stock.

I'm just saying.. I don't have elbow issues.

To go that route, you would have to start with rectangle stock and do all the work on a mill, or a lathe with live tooling. Expensive machines. For us, we charge $75/hr for our lathe and mill work. The doesn't include any one time NRE or tooling costs to get things up and running. And because there is two end, you would probably have two setups. Or one setup and turn the part. Still time. I would think a minimum of 20-30 minutes machine time. So just a rough estimate of $50/part that way.

The route I would go is get tubing, machine each end to the correct diameter with an o-ring groove. This can be done on a manual or cheap little CNC, even a screw machine. Then cut the ends at 45 and weld them together. Simple, quick and done. Probably about $20-25/part.

But if this guy can get them in under $10, I will buy a set or two. I don't have elbow issues either. But my dad did have issues that one broke as he was driving, lost all coolant, overheated the engine, and warped the heads. So for peace of mind, a metal one would be nice. And $10/ea would be the price point I would buy one.

Originally Posted by sav24dl

Get a set from GM, there are a little bigger and built better.

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

Reason I ask is .. I've used both, compared both side by side and even measured them. They appear identical in all ways. Including o-ring color.

Failure rate for newbs is pretty much the same too. I haven't had an issue installing one etc in quite a long time.

Originally Posted by sav24dl

Failure rate for newbs? Yeah tell that one that to my mechanic in the states who installed them!

Myself or Bill I'm sure would be delighted to speak to your mechanic in the states and bounce the phrases Noobsnatch and noob right off him.

I'd guess I'd be in for a set as well.

Be pretty sweet knowing you'd never have to break your coolant elbows ever again.

Originally Posted by sav24dl

What does noobsnatch and noob mean?

For that post...is equals...you.

LMAO.

Originally Posted by sav24dl

It's too bad that there are people liked you on this site. Get a Life!
LOL

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