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Well, the cooling problems... not too big of a deal by themselves, but enough to add to the annoyance factor. The 2.0 lower pipe (from the water pump to the radiator) fits in the water pump, but doean't bolt to the block. No way, no how. So the 2.4 pipe must be used. This would be perfect, except the endtank/inlet on the 2.4's radiator must be on the passenger side of the car, while on ours, it is on the driver side (this is the for the lower radiator hose). So I figure that I can just run some radiator hose to the radiator from the end of the pipe's new location, but no. It is aimed right at the collector of my header. That just won't do. Rubber + header temp = melted hose, leaking coolant, and a generally unhappy car (followed by an even less happy Bill). So I rotated the pipe in the pump so that it would point straight down. This is fine, but now the bracket doesn't line up. So I bent the shit out of the bracket, and drilled a hole in a new location and told one of the two bolts that it would be living there, like it or not. Looks like it will hold, and it might even seal. So now, I have a lower pipe that is aimed straight down. I think that I will run a 90 degree radiator hose there, and put a 10-15" hard pipe there (whatever it takes to bet close to the radiator), and run another 90 degree radiator hose bend into the radiator. I will then make some kind of a bracket to hold the hard pipe to the side of the block. I think it will fit tightly enough to the block to make a turbo setup no more complicated then normal. In fact, with the way that stuff needs to be extended, a water cooled turbo might be easier to hook up then before. Now, for the last cooling problem, the 2.4 heater core pipe (the double pipe that wraps around your cylinder head) doesn't bolt up. Time to break out the 2.0 which fits nicely, and as an added bonus, even mates with the other end sticking out of the thermostat housing. However, there is about a 6" gap between the end of the heater piping and the lower radiator piping. Whooooops, can't expect the coolant to jump through the air into it's target, so I guess I need to extend that in such a way that it isn't resting against the header. So much shit left to do... grrrrr... -=B-= Stay tuned for more updates...
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