I agree, don't take off the water lines to the intake. When it gets coll
outside the car will be undriveable. Don't ask me how I know.
Plus you have to change the springs and "timing plate" (distributor
advance plate?) in the distributor and then time it at 16* BTDC.
On Wed, 24 May 2000 10:29:26 PST8PDT "John F Sandhoff"
<sandhoff@csus.edu> writes:
> Brian writes:
> > I need to know if the pipe fittings from the emission controls to
> the exhaust
> > manifold are standard pipe fittings...
>
> NO!
>
> With brute force, you can make a standard fitting work - ONCE.
> DON'T DO IT!
>
> (I assume we're talking about the four air injectors. The two
> fittings on the intake manifold are standard 1/4 pipe plugs)
>
> Tom Walter occasionally makes specially-shaped plugs, but he's
> been kinda busy with other things lately. You can buy a set from
> Rallye Roadster up in Washington.
>
> The 2000 engines need a specially shaped plug to prevent 'bird
> chirping'.
> Both Tom's and Rallye's plugs are correctly designed. BTW, I have a
> set of Tom's plugs in my 1600.
>
> > I also want to remove the hot water line from the intake manifold.
>
> Why? For daily drivers in real-world conditions, manifold preheaters
> are there for a legitimate reason.
>
> -- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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