m50 with 318i radiator, which hoses

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  • FireFight
    E30 Fanatic
    • Mar 2012
    • 1367

    #1

    m50 with 318i radiator, which hoses

    I'm finishing up my swap, I'm running a e36 318i radiator and I was under the impression that 525i hos3s are the ones to run but I found that they need too harsh of a curve and those hoses make the cut, any recommenations
    WTB:m60b40 in PNW
    Zachary Ripley

    85 318i M50B25tu.
    92 525it 5 speed.
    80 244gl (m60 prepping).

  • e30austin
    I waste 90% of my day here and all I got was this stupid title
    • Sep 2010
    • 15382

    #2
    The last 24v car I built, that used the M42 radiator, took E34 525i hoses, which had been seriously trimmed. Seemed to work ok. The fitment wasn't that great, but they weren't severely kinked. Another reason I had no interest in using that radiator...


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    • FireFight
      E30 Fanatic
      • Mar 2012
      • 1367

      #3
      You can only trim them so much before you lose the 1.5 section and get to the 1.25" and that won't fit over the thermo housing and the rad flange
      WTB:m60b40 in PNW
      Zachary Ripley

      85 318i M50B25tu.
      92 525it 5 speed.
      80 244gl (m60 prepping).

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