Coolant Reroute for Race car
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Coolant Reroute for Race car
Admittedly my miata is just a miata engine.
I have no heater core. Would not miss the throttle body getting bypassed (unless there is something I dont know?)
Going to add a megasquirt and blower soon but my real reason is I need the space on the front and hotside of my engine bay!
Does anyone have a diagram that eliminates the heater core and gets the engine bay cleaned up ?
I have no problem getting to the back of my motor.
Thanks
~J
I have no heater core. Would not miss the throttle body getting bypassed (unless there is something I dont know?)
Going to add a megasquirt and blower soon but my real reason is I need the space on the front and hotside of my engine bay!
Does anyone have a diagram that eliminates the heater core and gets the engine bay cleaned up ?
I have no problem getting to the back of my motor.
Thanks
~J
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I'm no expert, but this should get you started:
You should be reading THIS STICKY:
https://www.miataturbo.net/race-prep...-thread-79930/
You should be reading THIS STICKY:
https://www.miataturbo.net/race-prep...-thread-79930/
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I'm no expert, but this should get you started:
You should be reading THIS STICKY:
https://www.miataturbo.net/race-prep...-thread-79930/
You should be reading THIS STICKY:
https://www.miataturbo.net/race-prep...-thread-79930/
Few things I didnt see:
1. no heater core option
2. no throttle body coolant delete.
Are there any issues with deleting #2?
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You didn't read very well.
POST #21 of STICKY THREAD ON COOLING:
POST #21 of STICKY THREAD ON COOLING:
No issues with deleting the coolant lines to the TB. Those lines are meant to heat the idle control valve to prevent ice formation under certain high-humidity conditions. Has no impact at all on engine cooling. I run without them on both cars and have never had an issue -- so the icing phenomena is rare.
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Yes to both, although if youre eliminating the heater core, you might as well just loop them. Otherwise the "proper" way would be to weld the mixing manifold and rear cover, both are kind of a pain
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Man, just look at your heater hoses, disconnect the ends opposite of the heater/firewall.
-Then disconnect the ends attached to the heater tubes.
-Buy a 12" piece of 5/8" heater/coolant hose, connect one end to the connection at the rear of the head, the other end connects to the long metal tube that you disconnected from under the exhaust manifold.
-Cut hose to length and connect
-Now go remove your heater core and crap.
-Then disconnect the ends attached to the heater tubes.
-Buy a 12" piece of 5/8" heater/coolant hose, connect one end to the connection at the rear of the head, the other end connects to the long metal tube that you disconnected from under the exhaust manifold.
-Cut hose to length and connect
-Now go remove your heater core and crap.
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Im a bit list on half the comments. Part of me thinks it's attitude and the other half thinks it's me doing a bad job of explaining. Here is my current setup
So what I need is less coolant hoses so I can get that supercharger to mount under the hood . Think the $16 reroute thread may be the ticket!!
So what I need is less coolant hoses so I can get that supercharger to mount under the hood . Think the $16 reroute thread may be the ticket!!
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Yeah it's common to flip them. But it almost looks like it is in your pic. Can you light up the lower part of the engine and actually take a picture that shows us something? Take the stupidcharger out of the picture too.
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