My Reroute drawing
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Bloody 1.8 owners...
Yeah, I think you're right. Lathe the thermostat groove into both sides, and keep the "aux" hole as close to horizontal as possible without moving the CLT hole so far upwards that it causes the coolant sensor's connector to interfere with the CAS in the 1.6 (intake cam) position.
NB users flip the spacer over, and use the "aux" 3/8 hole to feed the heater.
Doesn't change the design a bit.
Nice.
edit: Wait, that won't work, will it?
(need to draw this out and analyze it)
Yeah, I think you're right. Lathe the thermostat groove into both sides, and keep the "aux" hole as close to horizontal as possible without moving the CLT hole so far upwards that it causes the coolant sensor's connector to interfere with the CAS in the 1.6 (intake cam) position.
NB users flip the spacer over, and use the "aux" 3/8 hole to feed the heater.
Doesn't change the design a bit.
Nice.
edit: Wait, that won't work, will it?
(need to draw this out and analyze it)
Last edited by Joe Perez; 03-07-2009 at 11:38 PM.
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Bloody 1.8 owners...
Yeah, I think you're right. Lathe the thermostat groove into both sides, and keep the "aux" hole as close to horizontal as possible without moving the CLT hole so far upwards that it causes the coolant sensor's connector to interfere with the CAS in the 1.6 (intake cam) position.
NB users flip the spacer over, and use the "aux" 3/8 hole to feed the heater.
Doesn't change the design a bit.
Nice.
edit: Wait, that won't work, will it?
(need to draw this out and analyze it)
Yeah, I think you're right. Lathe the thermostat groove into both sides, and keep the "aux" hole as close to horizontal as possible without moving the CLT hole so far upwards that it causes the coolant sensor's connector to interfere with the CAS in the 1.6 (intake cam) position.
NB users flip the spacer over, and use the "aux" 3/8 hole to feed the heater.
Doesn't change the design a bit.
Nice.
edit: Wait, that won't work, will it?
(need to draw this out and analyze it)
Our temp sensor comes out almost in front of the upper left bolt slot so it should probably be moved anyway for the spacer.
However, if you just rotate the thing on its center axis so that the bottom is the top, it puts the heater outlet (3/8) and temp sensor very close to where they normally are. And close means "so the wires reach" which is fine. The temp sensor would just be under the heater hose.
the question is: will the slight upward angle of the heater hose outlet be a problem for the heater hose or not?
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Originally Posted by y8s
However, if you just rotate the thing on its center axis so that the bottom is the top, it puts the heater outlet (3/8) and temp sensor very close to where they normally are. And close means "so the wires reach" which is fine. The temp sensor would just be under the heater hose.
the question is: will the slight upward angle of the heater hose outlet be a problem for the heater hose or not?
the question is: will the slight upward angle of the heater hose outlet be a problem for the heater hose or not?
Have another look at the picture from RotorNut's msg #121. This is pretty typical of how things were done with the JR spacer, and the heater core feed is obviously above vertical:
I don't know how much offset is tolerable, but it's an interesting idea.
The alternative, of course, would just be to offer two separate pieces- one for the 1.6, and another for the 1.8. Nothing else is cross-compatible between these damn engines, why the heck should the spacer be?
Originally Posted by RotorNutFD3S
Let's get this rolling! I need to put my engine back in the car!
EDIT: I have one other idea, but I need a clear picture of the back of the head, preferably with it installed on the block with the CAS and coilpack in place. It can be a 1.6 or a 1.8.
Last edited by Joe Perez; 03-08-2009 at 06:52 PM.
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Hopefully soon. I'm waiting on your kit to install my engine...
I'd wait on the intake manifold too, but that's still looking to be way too far off. VICS will have to do for now.
Brain, that looks good. Looks like the 1.6L water neck just barely fit even with cutting the top of that plug bolt off.
I'd wait on the intake manifold too, but that's still looking to be way too far off. VICS will have to do for now.
Brain, that looks good. Looks like the 1.6L water neck just barely fit even with cutting the top of that plug bolt off.