Coolant crossover tube solution?

tbone said:
Depends on the installer. I think they look great.
I do wish I was more careful about scratching the black paint on them.
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Seeing you have this kit, maybe you can answer some questions some people have. What was done about some of the other coolant lines? What was used for the lower radiator hose, and how is the heater core hooked up? Also, what about the line that connects to the upper intake? I don't think you have it, given the supercharger, but maybe you know what's done about it, perhaps?
 
Good luck with the primo piece, I sent you today .
Spend the difference these ass hats wanted on the other things you still need.
I have a timing gasket set and front main seal you can have for next to nothing.
They are all scare tissue.
And I've been ripped off by the veterans here!

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Bradley G said:
Good luck with the primo piece, I sent you today .
Spend the difference these ass hats wanted on the other things you still need.
I have a timing gasket set and front main seal you can have for next to nothing.
They are all scare tissue.
And I've been ripped off by the veterans here!

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Youre a stand up guy
And i wish i knew that before because i already did the chains and got it all together

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These dick heads are gouging because the know how hard it is to get good parts.
Really pissing me off!
Back in the day , credible members tried to help one another.

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ledzilla said:
Seeing you have this kit, maybe you can answer some questions some people have. What was done about some of the other coolant lines? What was used for the lower radiator hose, and how is the heater core hooked up? Also, what about the line that connects to the upper intake? I don't think you have it, given the supercharger, but maybe you know what's done about it, perhaps?
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I'm almost positive that I was one of the the first ones, if not, the first one to install this on a Marauder. I bought an incomplete Trilogy kit that was missing the crossover pipe and Trilogy offered to sell me the pipe for $1000! Going with this kit was a no brainer for me.

For the lower radiator hose, I cut it back about a foot away from the engine block, stuffed a 3 inch long piece of copper pipe that fit snuggly inside the hose, and bought a flexible radiator hose. I used the copper pipe as a coupler with some hose clamps and connected the flexible hose directly to the engine block.
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For the heater core, I did the rear head cooling mod, merged the two outputs from the rear heads together with a tee connector, and ran that output directly into the input of the heater core.

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Personally, I love how it looks. I tried to make my hoses, lines and wires look as factory/plain as possible, and I think I succeeded. The only real downfall of this system is filling cooling system with fluid and getting the air out is now a pain because there is now no fill cap anywhere in the system, but that has yet to be an issue for me.

I believe I may have 2 stock crossover pipes laying around in my garage, but they are buried so deeply, that I have no interest in digging them up to sell. One of them, the square hole on the fill cap is stripped, and the other was very poorly powder coated silver and is flaking.
 
Ah, cool! Ok, that's a clever way of handling it. Now I'm just curious as to what should be done for coolant lines leading to the upper intake for those still NA.
 
Bradley G said:
By your own previous admission. You have all he cash to chubby up for a new vehicle for less than you spent on your MM, what is your wait?


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Busted, Elio is my wait.

I guess I should just give stuff away then....
 
The fill cap is the overflow bottle.
And when the thermostat is at the highest point in the system, there is no longer a need to purge the air out of the system
 
lji372 said:
Busted, Elio is my wait.

I guess I should just give stuff away then....
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I asked for what I thought was a fair price to a local Chicago area member.
I shipped in a few hours after we made the deal.
I've been screwed over so many times here, I would rather be remembered for the helpful , and friendly and generous.

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ledzilla said:
Ah, cool! Ok, that's a clever way of handling it. Now I'm just curious as to what should be done for coolant lines leading to the upper intake for those still NA.
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Follow the rear one to the back of the intake and cap it off. Then just simply ditch the front one.


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justbob said:
Follow the rear one to the back of the intake and cap it off. Then just simply ditch the front one.


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Ah. So getting the on3 kit and doing these simple changes really simplifies the cooling system, doesn't it?
 
ledzilla said:
Ah. So getting the on3 kit and doing these simple changes really simplifies the cooling system, doesn't it?
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Very much so. I was going to use it myself but I had to cut a lot of corners on the last build to come in at only 25% over budget. [emoji6]

So not truly needed, off the list. [emoji4]


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