V1 Supercharger coolant line clearance

[ctuinstra]

What did you all do for the clearance issues with the coolant lines coming from the endplate and hitting the gas tank? More specifically, I have the bypass endplate that has three hose barbs on it.

I know BEL-AIR use 3/4" threaded 90 to hose barb, but one has to have a very expensive tap to cut that size hole.

Surely there are many different setups out there that work well. Photos?

 

[Andy]

I have the Tee that is supplied with the kit cut down and the boxes cut to the bars minimum. Here is a pic.

 

[Andy]

Should be tubes not boxes dam autocorrect. It still is really tight only a little clearance.

 

[ctuinstra]

So the lower come out just at the top of the tank and just starts to hit it. I was trying to put the engine in but it needed to be rotated up some in the front but it was hitting so bad it wasn't even close to fitting. I wonder if it need to come in and better angle. I already have the tee fittings on.

 

[AleX1/9]

I’ve got some photos of mine on pg4 of my build thread

http://dfkitcar.com/forum/index.php?threads/alex1-9s-city-goblin-07-ss-sc-donor.144/page-4

I ended up using 2 45deg hoses on the outer 2 nipples to a tee, and one of the 90deg hose bends in the middle

 

[Andy]

I thought I had trimmed the lines really close when working on the dual pass plate out of the car but when I went to put the motor in i was like 0.5" short of making it fit. I left the chassis sitting on the engine while I trimmed the lines and refit till I got it to have some clearance. I have both the dual pass and the phenolic intake space so it will fit but you have to trim those lines really tightly. I have a 90 bend on the lower Tee and a straight piece in the middle. The way I trimmed it was to cut some material off of the Tee fitting middle leg, not enough to affect dealing but it was about a 0.25" . Then I cut the middle piece just long enough where the brass fitting was touching the cut middle tee leg. Clamp that down the cut the lower 90 degree tube to fit the Tee to brass fitting. If I remember correctly i had to bend the Tee fitting downward a little that have me more clearance. I spent a while looking at it trying to make it fit, and spent more time wondering why I got a SC version.