Re: Engine dressing stuff

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

Colin wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>      A week or two ago, someone was asking about hose sleeves made from braided
> stainless and such, after seeing some on a picture of someone else's 'Rocco.  I
> don't remember who it was, but I remember them being told it was expensive.
> While flipping through the flyer from my local 'performance' parts emporium, I
> spotted an engine dress-up kit.  According to the flyer, it contains enough
> hose sleeving and fittings to cover most engines and comes in red, blue and
> chrome.  It definitely contains at least some braid that will cover the upper
> radiator hose and lots of smaller vacuum lines and such.  At just over $60 CDN,
> full retail, I would say this is not expensive after all.
>      It's called Spectre Magnabraid.  

You can find it in the local parts mega houses as well.


> I did about 45 seconds of research,

Great! Better some than none.  : )

> and
> though I couldn't find the company, I found a bunch of auto supply places
> selling the kits.  There are (from what I saw) a number of similar kits, so if
> you're looking for something like this, you'll probably want to look around
> before making the decision to donate your cash to any commercial enterprises.
>      I know we're not supposed to send or encourage commercial posts,

Suuuure we are. We are _supposed_ to pass on a source if you know and
somebody asked. 

>  but is
> this something the Potterman would be able to locate at a good price? 

Might but seems unlikely. 

> I might
> actually consider something like this for my little Mickey Mouse 8v, I'm sure
> all that shiny silver would add at least 10 HP ;)
> 
> Cheers,
> Colin
> --

Thx,
TBerk

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