Hello everyone,

Does anyone have advice on how to make custom rad hoses?

I have a tall deck 427 that is going into my 72 blazer. One problem I've come accross is that I will have to make custom rad hoses (upper and lower). I've looked at coolflex but their max hose size diameter is 2". My tall deck engine has the original intake manifold with a 2-1/8" water neck and uses the original water pump with a 2-3/4" inlet. These will hook up to the radiator's 1-9/16" upper inlet and 1-7/8" lower outlet. I can't change the water pump to one with a smaller inlet for several reasons (Bypass size ,pulley alignment ...etc)

Does anyone have suggestions of how I can make the custom hoses I need?

So far, I thought of using short straight pieces of rad hose for the inlets/outlets and getting custom bent exhaust pipe to go in-between but the guy at the exhaust shop I went to can't bend the pipe as tight as I need.
I've also looked through the rad hose inventories of several auto parts stores and nothing comes close. Especially the 2-3/4 inch requirement.

I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has had this problem.
Any other suggestions would be great,

thanks,

ottoman