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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