triumphdave
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| posted on 26/2/08 at 09:19 PM |
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c20xe cooling
Has anyone not using the water outlet from the inlet manifold had any adverse effects.only my new manifold has not got any water pipes and the flange
is a bit thin to tap a pipe thread in it,is it O.K to leave out the the bleed above it also.I am pretty sure some of the webber manifolds omit these
pipes but I dont want to knacker my new engine.
If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got
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NS Dev
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| posted on 26/2/08 at 09:44 PM |
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I don't use the bigger water feed on the manifold but I do use the little bleed, run to the top of the header tank, to clear any air trapped
there.
Water connections I use (ard race with this setup) are:
Water pump main outlet - feed to rad bottom connection
Thermostat housing main outlet - feed to rad top connection.
Rear of cylinder head - block it off
Main manifold connection - block it off.
Fit a header tank with pressure cap into the top hose if your rad doesn't have a tank/press cap.
Run the bleed from top (at front) of manifold, to top of header tank
job done, very few hoses needed.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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triumphdave
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| posted on 26/2/08 at 09:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
I don't use the bigger water feed on the manifold but I do use the little bleed, run to the top of the header tank, to clear any air trapped
there.
Water connections I use (ard race with this setup) are:
Water pump main outlet - feed to rad bottom connection
Thermostat housing main outlet - feed to rad top connection.
Rear of cylinder head - block it off
Main manifold connection - block it off.
Fit a header tank with pressure cap into the top hose if your rad doesn't have a tank/press cap.
Run the bleed from top (at front) of manifold, to top of header tank
job done, very few hoses needed.
"Fit a header tank with pressure cap into the top hose if your rad doesn't have a tank/press cap."
The diagram on SBD's website shows the header tank going to the waterpump return?
If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got
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NS Dev
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| posted on 26/2/08 at 10:07 PM |
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You can do it that way as well, doen't really matter.
I was trying to keep it all as simple as possible, and it certainly works fine as I have it. If you think about it its no different to having no
header tank and an old style radiator with header built in as the top tank.
In fact in my first proper XE installation with throttle bodies and management in an Opel Manta way back in 1995/96 that's exactly how I did it,
water pump straight to bottom of rad, thermostat housing straight to top of rad and a bleed soldered into the very top of the rad and fed to the inlet
mnaifold bleed.
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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NS Dev
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| posted on 26/2/08 at 10:09 PM |
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here's the tank in the top hose on my locost:
 
exhaust 2
[Edited on 26/2/08 by NS Dev]
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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les g
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| posted on 26/2/08 at 10:26 PM |
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cooling
that is just sex!!!!
are you sure you,re not just postin that pic for bragging rights lol
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triumphdave
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| posted on 27/2/08 at 01:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by NS Dev
here's the tank in the top hose on my locost:
exhaust 2
Nice one,thanks for that.By the way thats a neat looking header tank a lot better than the plastic one bolted to the firewall.
If you always do what you have always done you will always get what you have always got
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