Radiator moving for rear - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

regiscastro · 10-01-2003, 01:32 PM

Hi, this is my second post here... the first one was the check in

I am wondering in move the radiator to the rear of the car... close to the tailgate, fixed in the cage, as I saw in lots of rockcrawlers.

My questions are:

Where the hoses will pass? Undercar? Inside? close to the driver? Is there any issue, like safety if the hoses are cut and close to the driver... so it will cause burns

?

And... Do I need to change the waterpump to deal with the long hoses?

Am I asking too much?

Ah, I have a Suzuki Samurai.

Thanks

Regis

281 Quad Cam · 10-02-2003, 07:27 AM

lance would know something, right?

bobo · 10-02-2003, 10:49 AM

i used 2 inch aluminizedexhast pipe that ran along the frame rails then used flexy hose to connect input and out put of both the rad. and the motor. this is on a international scout with a 350. I used the stock radiatior from a f-350 that had a 460 anf dual electric fans from a thunderbird. It never gets hot even when on the trail all day. used the stock water pump...has been running without problems for 2 years.

jeremy

edit>> You need to make sure there is no air in the system otherwise you will have problems.

regiscastro · 10-02-2003, 11:34 AM

That is exactly what I wanted to know!

Thanks Jeremy

10-01-2003, 01:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
regiscastro Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20137 Posts: 32	Radiator moving for rear Hi, this is my second post here... the first one was the check in I am wondering in move the radiator to the rear of the car... close to the tailgate, fixed in the cage, as I saw in lots of rockcrawlers. My questions are: Where the hoses will pass? Undercar? Inside? close to the driver? Is there any issue, like safety if the hoses are cut and close to the driver... so it will cause burns ? And... Do I need to change the waterpump to deal with the long hoses? Am I asking too much? Ah, I have a Suzuki Samurai. Thanks Regis

10-02-2003, 07:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
281 Quad Cam Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Member # 18211 Location: Florida Posts: 316	lance would know something, right? __________________ 1979 CJ5/GM350/T150/D20/D44/9"/33x12.5

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10-02-2003, 10:49 AM	#3 (permalink)
bobo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 15220 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 197	i used 2 inch aluminizedexhast pipe that ran along the frame rails then used flexy hose to connect input and out put of both the rad. and the motor. this is on a international scout with a 350. I used the stock radiatior from a f-350 that had a 460 anf dual electric fans from a thunderbird. It never gets hot even when on the trail all day. used the stock water pump...has been running without problems for 2 years. jeremy edit>> You need to make sure there is no air in the system otherwise you will have problems.

10-02-2003, 11:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
regiscastro Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Member # 20137 Posts: 32	That is exactly what I wanted to know! Thanks Jeremy