Gauges?? And WTF is This??
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Gauges?? And WTF is This??
Ok, so after some consideration to what ReTed siad to me in another thread I am going to make a drag car. Not full on NHRA but close. I was wondering, to cut down on electircal current being sent all over the car, are there any gauges that I can convert to mechanical gauges from electric?
Also, I have this hose coming out of my firewall:
What is it and where does it go? Its cut off and the pipe inside appears crushed to some extent. I dont remember taking it off so I am assuming that it wasn't hooked up. Im hoping this isnt the cause of my engine getting screwed. Any help??
Also, I have this hose coming out of my firewall:
What is it and where does it go? Its cut off and the pipe inside appears crushed to some extent. I dont remember taking it off so I am assuming that it wasn't hooked up. Im hoping this isnt the cause of my engine getting screwed. Any help??
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What do you mean by reroute my plumbing? Like where that hose comes off the motor to where it goes back? Just bypass the heater core and run one pice of hose from the one nipple to the other?
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The return from your heatercore should be here...
There would have been a short piece of hose that connected to a metal pipe that ran down the passenger side frame rail and ultimately connected to the lower radiator fitting.
I suppose you could just go from the fitting on the rear iron to the metal line- in effect, bypassing the heatercore- but that seems jury rigged and just a failurepoint for a highly stressed system. In essence, you'd just have a rather long external loop of pressurized water doing nothing.
Better, I should think, to remove the nipple from the rear iron when you do your engine build (by whatever method seems best) and use a rad without the return nipple.
There would have been a short piece of hose that connected to a metal pipe that ran down the passenger side frame rail and ultimately connected to the lower radiator fitting.
I suppose you could just go from the fitting on the rear iron to the metal line- in effect, bypassing the heatercore- but that seems jury rigged and just a failurepoint for a highly stressed system. In essence, you'd just have a rather long external loop of pressurized water doing nothing.
Better, I should think, to remove the nipple from the rear iron when you do your engine build (by whatever method seems best) and use a rad without the return nipple.
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Thanks for all the help guys. I was a bit worried that the hose was something that couldnt be done without and I would have to replace the hose and inside piping. Thanks again for yalls help.
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