{"id":2930,"date":"2019-01-23T11:23:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T11:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2019-01-23T12:53:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T12:53:43","slug":"flexible-coolant-radiator-hoses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/flexible-coolant-radiator-hoses\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexible Coolant and Radiator Hoses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Silicone Hoses are a fantastic alternative to standard rubber hoses. We have a great blog on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/difference-silicone-hoses-make\/\">the difference silicone hoses make,<\/a> but what happens when you need a silicone hose which isn\u2019t a standard bend radius. There are many situations where your connection simply isn\u2019t a standard degree bend such as for coolant and radiator connections. This is where our flexible silicone hoses come in.\u00a0<!--more Read More--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2LE4XIjvjcs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Our <strong>Super Flex Silicone Hoses <\/strong>will delight car builders who would otherwise struggle to find hoses in the right shape to join point A to B. Manufactured with a steel wire spiral embedded inside the reinforcement plies, allows for flexibility not possible with most standard straight hoses. If you try to manipulate a standard hose in this way it will probably kink creating issues with flow rates.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why choose flexible Silicone hoses?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flexible-silicone-hoses-300x255.png\" alt=\"Flexible Silicone hoses\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flexible-silicone-hoses-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flexible-silicone-hoses-768x653.png 768w, https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flexible-silicone-hoses-1024x870.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flexible-silicone-hoses-353x300.png 353w, https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/flexible-silicone-hoses.png 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One length of super flex is all you need to join to elements together. This negates the need for various hoses, hose joiners and fittings. The more joins you have, the more potential for a leak. It is entirely made of silicone, unlike natural rubber, it will not split, crack or fade with time. It has Fantastic pressure and temperature ratings giving you an average life expectancy of 6x longer than standard rubber. Completely resistant to glycol and other non-organic aide based coolants.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why choose Viper Performance?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Many rival brands use a convoluted design making it difficult to obtain a leak free connection and much harder to clamp. Often the inside is corrugated interior potentially affecting flow. The hoses feature a smooth non-corrugated\u00a0finish on small diameters and from 28mm internal diameter the hoses feature surface grooves.<\/p>\n<p>The flat surface design makes clamping easy, with the clamp sitting correctly. We suggest T blot clamps as they have a wide band and better clamp than conventional worm drive clamps.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Applications:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>These flexible hoses are a fantastic product for coolant, ideal for top &amp; bottom radiator connections.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/silicone-hoses_9853_super-flex-hose1-meter-long-3-3.html\">Click here to take a look at sizes and colours options for our flexible silicone hoses.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silicone Hoses are a fantastic alternative to standard rubber hoses. We have a great blog on\u00a0the difference silicone hoses make, but what happens when you need a silicone hose which isn\u2019t a standard bend radius. There are many situations where &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/flexible-coolant-radiator-hoses\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2930"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2941,"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2930\/revisions\/2941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viperperformance.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}