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[Mephiston]

hey i just got a stage 1 kit the otherday at L2B - (driving home with a link pipe for a passanger was an expiriance) - just wondering with the alloy intake, ive heard many people say you dont need to run water through it, but ive decided i may as well- just want to know where the best place to take the water from the system is - a piccie would be very appreciated !!!

[aussie]

ive got mine coming right from the heater valve on the left hand side of the head, then follow through to the heater through the bulkhead. depends on your engine bay set up, a pic would give us the best idea of how to keep it tidy. then i could paint it in:)

Edited by aussie, 22 May 2007 - 09:04 AM.

[biggav]

hey i just got a stage 1 kit the otherday at L2B - (driving home with a link pipe for a passanger was an expiriance) - just wondering with the alloy intake, ive heard many people say you dont need to run water through it, but ive decided i may as well- just want to know where the best place to take the water from the system is - a piccie would be very appreciated !!!

it really isnt necessary and the more t pieces you have in your coolant hoses, the highter pottential for leekage!!!!

[Mephiston]

i suppose thats true - but i still think that if its there its there for a reason - so i may as well - i will take a pic of my engine bay tonight (dont laugh) but i havnt even started puting the stage one on yet so you may have to guess a bit with the pics

[paulrockliffe]

i suppose thats true - but i still think that if its there its there for a reason - so i may as well - i will take a pic of my engine bay tonight (dont laugh) but i havnt even started puting the stage one on yet so you may have to guess a bit with the pics

It's there to aid heating of the manifold when cold so the engine need choke for a shorter period of time I believe?

[Mephiston]

hey just got back from work - got some piccies of me engine bay






if need more just ask - (while its stil daylight)

[Big_Adam]

Do this.

Buy 1.5 meter of heater hose and 5-6 jiblee clips. Remove the old heater pipe from the tap and run a new length from the heater tap to the passenger side of the alloy manifold. Then attach the old exsisting heater pipe to the other side of the manifold.

Add clips.

Done, in hot weather turn off the heater tap and your sorted.

[millermilla]

Hiya, I was unsure weather or not to plumb in the heated manifold on a mates mini im restoring for him but same as you I thought if it's there it might as well be used. It doesnt make a great deal of difference infact you would probably hardly notice but as far as I know the manifold is heated to prevent condensation forming inside the manifold in the winter months. You dont have it on the original cast iron manifold because its connected to the exhaust manifold and cast iron conducts heat well so further heating is not required. Alloy on the other had isnt such a great conductor hence its heated but if you running an LCB they tend to heat up very quickly and will warm the manifold almost as quickly. In the winter with the heater valve open water flows and the manifold is heated and vice versa in the summer. The downside is when your going for best performance the last thing you want is a nice hot inlet manifold to heat the inlet mixture. Some other cars had an electric heater built into the manifold!

[aussie]

yeah what they said... you might want another carb as yours looks quite small.

Edited by aussie, 22 May 2007 - 10:10 PM.

[Mephiston]

thanx all - i hopefully should be fitting it this weekend - but i maybe helping a mate of mine prep his 1960 oldsmobile dynamic 88 (beast) for paint - which may take an age because its bigger than my house - but i will post pics when i have done --- Cheers again for the help