Moss Coolant Reroute Spacer No Longer Available?
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Moss Coolant Reroute Spacer No Longer Available?
I'm looking for a cheap way to do the coolant reroute. I went to the Moss website and typed in 051-046, and got the response:
"Part number was not found"
Does anyone know if it is still available? I haven't called them yet.
Anyone know of any other cheap spacer options, that don't require a mill and/or lathe at your disposal?
"Part number was not found"
Does anyone know if it is still available? I haven't called them yet.
Anyone know of any other cheap spacer options, that don't require a mill and/or lathe at your disposal?
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Don't know if this helps but a guy over here in the UK is having some made.
http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.p...pic=90453&st=0
http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.p...pic=90453&st=0
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If you can't do this yourself, you are probably better getting the BEGi. If you have to pay someone to modify the Moss one, you will probably end up spending more.
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$92 for the BEGI spacer just seems like ALOT of money. The group buy in England works out to about the same amount.
Last night I drilled and tapped a hole in the side of the head for a 5/8" x 3/8 NPT Fitting to feed the Heater core (a la spacerless reroute). This way I won't have to modify the Moss spacer with a step for the Thermostat - I can just put the thermostat in the cylinder head as design intent, then just use the spacer to get around the fittings on the cold side of the engine.
It looks like there is no easy way to do a spacerless reroute to the cold side of the engine - the thermostat housings will only fit pointing towards the hot side of the engine, or straight up into the coil bracket.
But, this brings up another Reroute question - I am using an Escort GT cylinder head, which already has a 5/8 coolant port pointed towards the cold side of the engine. So, If I use the cold side fitting to attach the Escort GT Oil cooler, wouldn't I need to plumb that back to the heater core, and run them in series? If I run the oil cooler and heater core in parallel, wouldn't that be too much bypass flow, and cause overheating issues?
Last night I drilled and tapped a hole in the side of the head for a 5/8" x 3/8 NPT Fitting to feed the Heater core (a la spacerless reroute). This way I won't have to modify the Moss spacer with a step for the Thermostat - I can just put the thermostat in the cylinder head as design intent, then just use the spacer to get around the fittings on the cold side of the engine.
It looks like there is no easy way to do a spacerless reroute to the cold side of the engine - the thermostat housings will only fit pointing towards the hot side of the engine, or straight up into the coil bracket.
But, this brings up another Reroute question - I am using an Escort GT cylinder head, which already has a 5/8 coolant port pointed towards the cold side of the engine. So, If I use the cold side fitting to attach the Escort GT Oil cooler, wouldn't I need to plumb that back to the heater core, and run them in series? If I run the oil cooler and heater core in parallel, wouldn't that be too much bypass flow, and cause overheating issues?
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