gregs
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 posted on 6/1/09 at 08:41 PM |
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Pinto water rails - bending 16mm stainless tube
All,
In an effort to tidy up my engine bay, I want to make some stainless water rails to run around the cam cover (pump to inlet manifold).
Question is, as I have zilch succesful experience with bending tube, can anybody advise the best way to go about this - ebay yields 1.5mm & 0.5mm
wall thickness 16mm stainless pipe, and I was thinking about hiring a conduit bender to form it... any suggestions or thoughts?
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chris-p-duck
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| posted on 6/1/09 at 08:47 PM |
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I would love to help you Greg but I have no idea!
Chris
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 6/1/09 at 08:49 PM |
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=omlIXsk-Y4k
use stainless plumbers pipe should get some from a good merchant
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BenB
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| posted on 6/1/09 at 09:18 PM |
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I'd use 15mm copper plumbing pipe.... Who needs stainless. Just heavy bling....
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gregs
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| posted on 6/1/09 at 09:22 PM |
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you might be right - it's done in copper at the moment & I could always get the copper chromed.....
Stainless plumbing pipe doesn't give much through google
[Edited on 6/1/09 by gregs]
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BenB
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| posted on 6/1/09 at 09:36 PM |
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No but chromed does... Check out screwfix:
All compression stuff mind (presumably the heat would kill the chroming)....
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gregs
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| posted on 6/1/09 at 09:51 PM |
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mm food for thought....
thanks for your suggestions!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 6/1/09 at 10:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
I'd use 15mm copper plumbing pipe.... Who needs stainless. Just heavy bling....
Copper has a higher density than stainless steel 
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