If you don't want to leave a heater core in there unconnected, you could
put in a blanking plate (like an MGA without a heater), and take out the
heater. Or you could take a lesson from the early cars, and run the
heater hose next to the valve cover, instead of on top of the valve cover.
> Brian,
> The pipe that runs lengthwise down the valve cover moves water from the
> radiator hose to the heater core. The water then goes from heater core to
> the valve on the right side of the engine above the distributor. Since
> the valve closes that water passage anyway, I don't se why you could not
> simply not use it. Fit a different hose to the radiator, one without the
> heater's extension, and at the other end you could put a blanking plate
> over the heater valve opening on the block. That would still leave a
> heater core with two exposed pipes sticking out.
> All the other hoses, if any on your engine, are emissions related, so
> you would have to sort out what could be rerouted.
> Bob
>
> On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:35:41 EDT Goracef1@cs.com writes:
> > Hey List,
> > I want to dress up the engine a bit on my 70 BGT and was
> > thinking
> > of putting an aluminum valve cover on.Question I have is this,what
> > exactly
> > does the piping or lines that run over top of the cover do?Are they
> > just heater
> > related and if so can I just get rid of em if I never run the car
> > with heat
> > during the winter anyway?Would look much cleaner without em I think
> > but do not
> > want to remove things may cause issues of course.
> >
> > Any thoughts would be great!
> > Brian Ichter
> > Plainfield,CT
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