This guy flipped his water necks from front to back for a coolant reroute... this could be a sweet way to save some money..
What do you guys think?

 

sigh...

 

not so much his claim of 10 dollars, but the idea of not using a different water neck

 

Go ahead and do it and let us know how it went. Tell us what you learn.

 

yeah, for those of us without old vacuum cleaners it'll cost us more than (2) hours of a day shift at mcdonalds.

but yeah, good job reinventing the wheel :P

 

It's not the OP's video lol. I'm sure one could use intercooler piping or something instead of a vacuum cleaner hose. hahaha.

I definitely came across this video a while ago. If the temp changes the guy is describing are actually not too far off from reality (i.e. tests done in similar ambient tests), then it looks like it isn't too shitty of a solution if it doesn't bypass everything.

 

i dont see any problem with it other than the fact you'll still spend money on

everything you needed normally - spacer + heater core source pipe/hose = ~same cost

 

Basically this. Except for the fact you are still stuck with the damn crappy water neck still up front.

 

He had to have robbed 10 cars just to get enough clamps to seal all the new connections . Oh well, You Tube...

 

Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost junkyard miatas.

 

reminds me ricanmiataracer and his stolen oil.

 

I legitimately JUST found read thread while looking up what synthetic oil brand/weight folks recommend for our cars when they get bitten by the bewst bug.

 

We did a spacerless set up on my friend's car with a 1.6. Front water outlet on rear, front water neck delete. Swap the sensors around, extended the wires, feed the turbo off the cursed water plug spot. No heater core in that car though. Also did the GM truck hose. Total cost was $50 or so.