Before I give in and start cutting and welding, I'll ask the question to see if anybody has found something that will help me out.

I'm looking for a water neck that will mount directly to the side of the water pump to replace the one shown in the pictures below. The one I have will work, but hose routing would be cleaner with one like I am looking for. Ideally, it would be one that has a neck pointing straight out perpendicular to the mating surface like this:


Or if somebody knows somewhere that lists dimensions for water necks. I've already tried the local parts stores, but unfortunately they don't have a "water neck" section. Their parts are all over the place and I'm over the "if you know what car, I can help you out".

 

The thermostat housings all fit but you'd need to make a gasket plate to go in between because the hole on the thermostat housing is larger than the sealing surface on the water pump.

 

Hi_Im_Sean made some nice billet necks exactly like this which had ports for the heater core and thermostat hose. You can do a search or shoot him a PM to see what I mean

 

Found the thread for you Shawn - https://www.miataturbo.net/miata-par...-plates-85529/

 

See if he has any available, otherwise draw something up and have it machined locally.

 

I made one, leafy is indifferent about it.

 

lol?

 

https://www.miataturbo.net/fabulous-...4/#post1174449

this ugly bastard lol

It works as designed but man exposed threads are nasty (aesthetically speaking). Should not have been cheap, I was worried about material and cycle time.