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Radiator hoses for 3 inch bodylift

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Radiator hoses for 3 inch bodylift

Post by dansedgli »

Ive had my car for over a year now. It already had the bodylift when I bought it.

I had to take the radiator out today and noticed when I put the lower rad hose back on it ends up with a kink in it.

What do people normally do to overcome this problem?

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Post by tj81 »

shorten the hose
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Post by Nelso »

Take out the body lift. :D
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Post by bogged »

Nelso wrote:Take out the body lift. :D
x2 go with a 2inch body lift, more than enough.. 3inch puts tons of stress on the body itself where the bodymounts go...

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Post by dansedgli »

How would a 3 inch body lift stress the body more than a 2 inch lift?

Wouldn't the same weight would be concentrated in the same spots with either. They have the same area on the face of the block where the body sits dont they?

How do you measure a body lift? The block is 3 inches, is this 3 inches more than stock?

I shortened the hose and it was still kinked so I shortened it some more and it was too short! :oops:

I thought there may be another radiator hose that would fit nicely. The top rad hose from my EA was pretty close to the mark but not quite.
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Post by Nelso »

dansedgli wrote:How would a 3 inch body lift stress the body more than a 2 inch lift?

Wouldn't the same weight would be concentrated in the same spots with either. They have the same area on the face of the block where the body sits dont they?

How do you measure a body lift? The block is 3 inches, is this 3 inches more than stock?

I shortened the hose and it was still kinked so I shortened it some more and it was too short! :oops:

I thought there may be another radiator hose that would fit nicely. The top rad hose from my EA was pretty close to the mark but not quite.
Longer distance between the chassis and body = greater shear and tensile forces on the bolts that hold the two together. It's not the weight of the cab on the mounts that is the problem, it is when the wheels hit something that stops the chassis and the body tries to keep going or when the chassis twists due to engine torque when accelerating or during maximum wheel articulation while driving off-road.
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Post by bogged »

dansedgli wrote:How would a 3 inch body lift stress the body more than a 2 inch lift?
leverage.
Plenty of people have said the same in the past.
Wouldn't the same weight would be concentrated in the same spots with either. They have the same area on the face of the block where the body sits dont they?
see above.
How do you measure a body lift? The block is 3 inches, is this 3 inches more than stock?
yes.
I shortened the hose and it was still kinked so I shortened it some more and it was too short! :oops:
buy a new hose, get a falcon radiator hose, rip the coil out and fit it in the replacement hose.
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Post by dansedgli »

Thanks guys.

Bodylift thing makes sense. Learn something new everyday.

Ill add looking into more suspension and less body lift to my list of things to do. The mav is only a toy but the longer it lasts the better. ;)
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Post by j-top paj »

no body lift and cut the guards :twisted:
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Post by azzad »

Can the radiator be lowered so the orig hoses fit better?
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Post by dansedgli »

The bottom bracket that the radiator mounts on would make that difficult.

I ended up using an upper radiator hose from an EA falcon which I cut down and jammed a EA falcon lower radiator hose spring into to help it keep its shape.

This has a better angle to suit the body lift than the standard GQ radiator hose.
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