Need my V8 Guru's, fill and expansion tanks Options

[Howard]

Car was in at Otto's last few days. He did all the 'Porsche' stuff and called in Rod Simpson to take a look at conversion. Rod said it was fine, but should have an updated radiator to run cooler. Since the current one does leak a bit, I may go ahead and have him change out.
He also said that cooling setup is wrong, since fill tank and expansion tank should be near the radiator, not the engine. Seems to me that as long as both are high in the system, it doesn't really matter. Once pressurized, even the height shouldn't matter.
Opinions? How is your's set up?

[rick 918-S]

I like the rubber. It bounces back when you hit it with something instead of "crimping" the line and frying your engine before you figure out what the problem is.

Rubber lines: 100$ and 1 hour install.

How long does it take to install hard lines ??



B

The galvanized tube sits nicely in the recess inboard of the pinch weld. I spend about 6 hours fabing a nicely curved tube. It runs inside the boxed rail under the gas tank. The second one will take about an hour. No one is paying me to build may car so My labor is free. I highly dought you could ever hit a tube hard enough to crush it It far more ridgid than the chassis. You'd have some serious suspension damage first. Just an option for the thrifty.