BuffaloBillPatri Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 My new aluminum heads don't have the holes where the sensor would normally go on the drivers side. No place on the intake manifold either. I'm thinking of putting it into a brass tee inline in the 3/4" heater hose close to the intake manifold. Good place? It may read a few * low. BBP
monte70car Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 bbp you could always drill and tap a hole in the intake or in the head.
Chris Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 You could also get a later model waterneck with the tap built in.
kc8oye Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 What intake manifold are you using? that's really odd that your heads don't have that tap either!
Sam (Bones) Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 worked great on my 468, and it puts the temp gauge port right at the thermostat
kc8oye Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 as long as your t-stat doen't fail 'closed' you'll be fine. i'm still a big fan of having the sensor right in the head :>
BuffaloBillPatri Posted November 13, 2008 Author Posted November 13, 2008 Chris, a water neck like that wouldn't show the correct temperature with the thermostat closed. My 3/4 heater hose off the intake has flow to the heater even if thermostat is closed. As I said above, there are no sensor holes available. The engine is assembled & I don't want to drill & tap, IMO too big a risk for introducing chips into coolant passages. Intake is like an Edelbrock Air Gap, but for for their Pro-Flo EFI Bones, that's a nice looking one, $92.95 at Summit BBP
kc8oye Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 yet again.. Sam has this way of coming up with the ideal solution....
Sam (Bones) Posted November 14, 2008 Posted November 14, 2008 I found it to cure my own problem, my Brodix intake doesn't accept a thermostat, so I needed a way to incorporate one, and the bonus is the two ports just below the stat, perfect location for my stat for the electric fans to boot
BuffaloBillPatri Posted November 15, 2008 Author Posted November 15, 2008 Mikstudie, How does your sensor read the correct temperature when the thermostat below it is closed? I like the diamond plate & will put one on mine. I will mount some stuff there, like the bottom of my DIY shroud & maybe a couple remote oil filters. I found a more reasonably priced spacer. $39.39 http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?part=MEZ-WN0028U BBP
kc8oye Posted November 15, 2008 Posted November 15, 2008 bill, the spacer moves the t-stat up.. because of that, the sensors are UNDER the t-stat, not above it.
BuffaloBillPatri Posted November 15, 2008 Author Posted November 15, 2008 I guess I can't see what Mikstudie has there. "Port in thermostat neck for sensor" sounded like it is above the thermostat. I know that what Bones is using allows the sensor below the thermostat. I like it. BBP
kc8oye Posted November 15, 2008 Posted November 15, 2008 oic.. i'm guessing mikestudie might have only his electric fan sensor there? in which case that's fine, because the fans won't do anything if the t-stat isn't open anyway!!! I Can't see mike's pic cuz the website squashed it so badly i ASSumed mike was using what sam showed.
Sam (Bones) Posted November 15, 2008 Posted November 15, 2008 you know what happens when you assume Tim???? mike's is different than mine
BuffaloBillPatri Posted November 16, 2008 Author Posted November 16, 2008 I mounted the diamond plate today, lots of uneven surfaces under there, hard to keep the aluminum flat. I used self tapping screws & 1/4-20 bolts & lots of spacers. BBP
BuffaloBillPatri Posted November 17, 2008 Author Posted November 17, 2008 I hear ya, I lost my digital camera a couple weeks ago. I was transporting day laborers to my new shop site. Need to buy another one. Darn-it. BBP
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