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Speaking of -10...
Mocal -10 45° and straight fittings are here, along with the last couple -6 fittings I need for my fuel system. Or maybe they were for the turbo coolant? Can't remember. The -10 hose was supposed to be Mocal but RPW substituted in Aeroquip Startlite on me because they apparently ran out. Same temperature rating so it shouldn't be an issue. Fire sleeve got drop shipped from the manufacturer so it'll be here later this week.
Also shown is the -10 weld bung I won't be using
Mocal -10 45° and straight fittings are here, along with the last couple -6 fittings I need for my fuel system. Or maybe they were for the turbo coolant? Can't remember. The -10 hose was supposed to be Mocal but RPW substituted in Aeroquip Startlite on me because they apparently ran out. Same temperature rating so it shouldn't be an issue. Fire sleeve got drop shipped from the manufacturer so it'll be here later this week.
Also shown is the -10 weld bung I won't be using
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Stupid Russel -10 drain adapter pictured earlier is not the correct part. I'll have to look around and see what actually fits and send this one back.
I also discovered that plumbing the coolant for this thing is going to be a nightmare. Due to the position of the WGA bracket I have almost zero room on that side to work. I need to go scope out some other peoples builds and see how they routed their plumbing
I also discovered that plumbing the coolant for this thing is going to be a nightmare. Due to the position of the WGA bracket I have almost zero room on that side to work. I need to go scope out some other peoples builds and see how they routed their plumbing
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99mx5 did this:
I can setup something similar with some bulkhead fittings, and I believe he has 90° coming off both of the CHRA coolant ports. I should be able to mock that up pretty easily, but I was also going to eliminate my entire front water neck and source coolant from the back of the head. In fact, I was going to eliminate that entire back of the head -> oil warmer -> throttle body -> front water neck loop.
Now I'm toying with the idea of chopping off the neck, welding a plate on the end and tapping it for NPT then converting it to -6. I've got like 3 extra necks in the garage so parts is not an issue. Coolant source from the front of the head, return to the mixing manifold.
Lots of ideas and things to try. I'm not doing any heavy lifting at the moment so plenty of time to screw around with this stuff and get it exactly how I want it.
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Props guys, I appreciate the pics. Leboeuf, you did pretty much exactly what I was talking about, but I'd be using a 90 instead of a T. That would also make for a convenient mounting location for a low pressure sender as well, so I can put a big obnoxious alarm in the car somewhere.
Exactly. Skunk2 TB crew checking in.
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I also refuse to flip my mixing manifold. I feel like it causes more problems than it solves.
lolwut? This may be a 1.6 vs 1.8 thing. You 1.6 guys have some goofy coolant through the manifold thing IIRC, the 1.8 has the loop I described earlier.
lolwut? This may be a 1.6 vs 1.8 thing. You 1.6 guys have some goofy coolant through the manifold thing IIRC, the 1.8 has the loop I described earlier.
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Is there really no water port on the 1.8? How does the oil cooler/warmer get water and the throttle body.
I have literally never touched a (running) 1.8 so spoon feed me.
I have literally never touched a (running) 1.8 so spoon feed me.
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After losing one of those stupid little hoses at Laguna a few years ago (which precipitated my original engine build) I left them off. Don't need no oil warmer, don't need no throttle body warmer.
I like feeding the turbo through between the thermostat neck area and the mixing manifold because that seems like the way to get the most pressure/flow through the turbo, going pretty much straight from the outlet of the water pump to the inlet.
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