A local forum member was selling a "Killer Glass" coolant elbow and a strut brace, i always wanted to get the glass but i thought it was unreasonably expensive, so i jumped on the deal.
The Killer Glass is absolutely useless but it sure looks kool, every one who notices it gets a kick out of it. Before i hacked up my OEM upper coolant hose, i bought a spare from Rock auto, $12 from FOMOCO but its not as nice as the OE, go figure.
The kit Comes with 2 heat activated hose clamps, they look like a shiney 2" long piece of rubber hose, you slip them over the gap between the coolant hose and the glass and hit it lightly with a heat gun or hair dryer, it shrink wraps over the gap and creates a tight seal. The manual says that as you drive, the heat clamps become more tight from heat, it should NOT leak. Its been about a month and an autocross event and nice n tight.
I figured when i remove the upper coolant hose that there would be some anti-freeze in ther, so i got an empty bottle and filled that up when i removed it. Because i did not want to remove my CAI i had to pull the hose under the CAI arm and i got a lil spillage. So i figured thers not much left in the hose so wen i remove the lower part it wont spill, right, WRONG! the radiator started spwering out coolant, i figured it would taper off in a sec, it dint, hahahah. There was coolant everywhere, i plagged the radiator with a rag and it did subside after lil bit.
The upper coolant hose is modled so you have to mark the hose and keep the correct orientation before you cut it or else it will kink. I left a lil slack on the first cut and then did a couple test fits, you gotta leave it room to move around but it can NOT hit the engine or it will break
So the killer glass is on and i fired up the engine, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, no antifreeze, wtf? after about 10 min of idle it started barely flowing. After i drive and popped the hood the hose is completely full of coolant and it looks KOOL!! It doesn't flow as fast as i thought it would but i have been told that when your driving and your thermostat opens up, it flows alot faster
The strut bar was a qwik bolt on, the previous owner had a black painted plenum cover that he notched for the strut bar to work with it and that was included in the sale. Its really a big heavy one but it looks gud, im not sure the manufacturer is. I put a Steeda sticker on it, All my suspension components are from Steeda, so i figured i had to use that sticker somewhere.
Check it out!
p.s. dropped the car of at the Mustang shop (RealSpeed) this mornin to get FRPP HotRod cams installed, they are also bolting on some Red Steeda vavle covers, that gonna make things really bright in the engine compartment.
The Killer Glass is absolutely useless but it sure looks kool, every one who notices it gets a kick out of it. Before i hacked up my OEM upper coolant hose, i bought a spare from Rock auto, $12 from FOMOCO but its not as nice as the OE, go figure.
The kit Comes with 2 heat activated hose clamps, they look like a shiney 2" long piece of rubber hose, you slip them over the gap between the coolant hose and the glass and hit it lightly with a heat gun or hair dryer, it shrink wraps over the gap and creates a tight seal. The manual says that as you drive, the heat clamps become more tight from heat, it should NOT leak. Its been about a month and an autocross event and nice n tight.
I figured when i remove the upper coolant hose that there would be some anti-freeze in ther, so i got an empty bottle and filled that up when i removed it. Because i did not want to remove my CAI i had to pull the hose under the CAI arm and i got a lil spillage. So i figured thers not much left in the hose so wen i remove the lower part it wont spill, right, WRONG! the radiator started spwering out coolant, i figured it would taper off in a sec, it dint, hahahah. There was coolant everywhere, i plagged the radiator with a rag and it did subside after lil bit.
The upper coolant hose is modled so you have to mark the hose and keep the correct orientation before you cut it or else it will kink. I left a lil slack on the first cut and then did a couple test fits, you gotta leave it room to move around but it can NOT hit the engine or it will break
So the killer glass is on and i fired up the engine, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, no antifreeze, wtf? after about 10 min of idle it started barely flowing. After i drive and popped the hood the hose is completely full of coolant and it looks KOOL!! It doesn't flow as fast as i thought it would but i have been told that when your driving and your thermostat opens up, it flows alot faster
The strut bar was a qwik bolt on, the previous owner had a black painted plenum cover that he notched for the strut bar to work with it and that was included in the sale. Its really a big heavy one but it looks gud, im not sure the manufacturer is. I put a Steeda sticker on it, All my suspension components are from Steeda, so i figured i had to use that sticker somewhere.
Check it out!
p.s. dropped the car of at the Mustang shop (RealSpeed) this mornin to get FRPP HotRod cams installed, they are also bolting on some Red Steeda vavle covers, that gonna make things really bright in the engine compartment.
Thanks and again looks real nice! 