Sh0velMan's Track Car Build

Sh0velMan · 03-29-2013, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by wstar

Yeah I guess bypass hoses are the only reasonable way to go for now, given how the water outlet routing works. I just wish I could get rid of that double metal pipe on the driver's side of the bay and cap it off at the head there (and ditto for the other inlets outlets related to the heater core and the throttle body coolant).

I want to, too, I'm just concerned about where the coolant goes after the heater core, are they depending on that coolant to cool the engine or is it just going back into the radiator or something?

I need to get in there and see if I can trace the route of the hose. My thought is that they may be using that to cool part of the engine, and if that's so, something will have to be fabricated to replace that hard pipe and route to that side of the engine.

SPOHN · 03-29-2013, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wstar

Yeah I guess bypass hoses are the only reasonable way to go for now, given how the water outlet routing works. I just wish I could get rid of that double metal pipe on the driver's side of the bay and cap it off at the head there (and ditto for the other inlets outlets related to the heater core and the throttle body coolant).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sh0velMan

I want to, too, I'm just concerned about where the coolant goes after the heater core, are they depending on that coolant to cool the engine or is it just going back into the radiator or something?

I need to get in there and see if I can trace the route of the hose. My thought is that they may be using that to cool part of the engine, and if that's so, something will have to be fabricated to replace that hard pipe and route to that side of the engine.

Yea I'd like to get rid of this also. I believe it goes back into part of the engine block passage but not sure. Most everything on a car serves a dual purpose but who knows.

Sh0velMan · 03-29-2013, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by SPOHN

Yea I'd like to get rid of this also. I believe it goes back into part of the engine block passage but not sure. Most everything on a car serves a dual purpose but who knows.

Wish we could get someone familiar with the Doran RC car to weigh in on this, since theirs definitely has that pipe removed.

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