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Old 09-28-2016, 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jwcarguy View Post
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I build off road sand rails also and none of the engines that I do have any type of heater ports, either welded shut or drilled, tapped and plugged and never any issues
In the off road community, there are alot of quality engine builders/ suppliers (ie. CBM Motorsports, Turn Key, Redline, etc.) that practice the same method, even in their highend engines and sand rails (engines $20k+, sand rails $180k+)
I am sure that a stock application / system will produce less than acceptable results as compared to a custom aftermarket performance setup, like most of us run
http://www.custombuiltmotors.com/


Now back on topic for OP

I have had no issues running the VA heater valve in various installs
I have adopted the plumbing layout as done by Detroit Speed with regards to VA valve placement and converting the o-ring fittings to a "AN" style

here is a couple pics that I have saved and a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=283BYw2f0Qc

Hope this helps

Jeff
How did you convert the fitting to accept -an style fitting? Or did you just use a -an fitting? I can't find a male o-ring to male an fitting?
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