Re: 5" Air Duct Tubes

Posted by BH On 2009/5/22 8:07:36

IIRC, the wire-reinforced duct hose that JC Whitney sells is covered with rubber rather than the coated fabric of the original.

While rubber sounds like it would be more durable, I've seen where the heat of the engine bay cuases the rubber hose to sag noticeably. So, if you go that route, you might have to use some sort of internal support to shore it up.

I don't have my notes handy, but another problem I heard was than the Whitney hose is not available in the correct diameter for these cards - that Packard used an odd (fractional?) size.