Needs pics of your Coolant Re-Route Route
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Needs pics of your Coolant Re-Route Route
I have the M-Tuned Coolant Re-Route, and it works great. The only thing is the Upper Radiator hose is in constant contact with my IC hose. Nothing major, but looks bad. I need some pictures of how you have your UR hose routed. I'm installing my mishimoto this weekend (70 and sunny ftw) and I want to get this taken care of. I have a few ideas, but was wondering how other people have done it. Thanks!
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Thanks for the pictures. I think the only option is pretty much make a 90 degree left and then back 90 degrees and make a straight line for the rear of the engine. That is what I was thinking, but just making sure there wasn't some magical route that would make my life 100 times easier.
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I think for some reason my FM piping is further forward than all yours. I'm gonna go take a picture....
EDIT: No I'm not... my camera's battery is dead. But I swear you guys have more room.
EDIT: No I'm not... my camera's battery is dead. But I swear you guys have more room.
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Am I the only one that just pivoted the stock upper radiator hose? Or do I have way more room since I'm going straight out of the throttle body for an over the radiator setup? I have pictures if you want them.
#17
Here's the way mine looks. It's the hose that comes with the M-tuned kit and has the spring in there. The spring is about 4-5 inches from the end i would guess. I had to put a 2nd clamp there because it was crimping a little bit, but it didnt affect my coolant temps. I drove around for a while with it crimped a little bit and had 180* temps all the time. I put the 2nd clamp on there because others were concerned (I wasnt) and it looked bad like that. And YES, that is a smiley face on my radiator cap. My friend Eric did that.
And here's a pic of the engine bay:
Sorry for the quality, but I snapped these pics quick with my blackberry before I went to work.
And here's a pic of the engine bay:
Sorry for the quality, but I snapped these pics quick with my blackberry before I went to work.
#19
Yea, the neck of the radiator is seriously right in front of the TB. I'm running a 2.5" 90* coupler on the TB. There's really not that much room there to play around with it. I also have a mishimoto radiator to put in there. Before I put it in, I might see if Tim would be able to move the neck or even angle it 45 degrees to the left.