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Old May 28, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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using fbody radiator and water pump... do I have to run the crossover tubes to the top of the water pump and drill/tap the housing or can i run a line from the crossover to the radiator just below the over flow outlet near radiator cap

also on the radiator there's a outlet in lower drivers side, what is that for can I just block that off
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stock configuration is four corners go to the return on the Radiator
I made my own to go with my setup and all of my nitrous plumbing that goes under the intake



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stock configuration is four corners go to the return on the Radiator
I made my own to go with my setup and all of my nitrous plumbing that goes under the intake



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Yes that will work fine. You have a lt1 radiator and that extra port just gets plugged.
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Soundengineering, what did you do to connect to the F-body radiator steam port ?...

If you have a late 4th Gen Radiator.. then I would just hook it up to the stock location on the Radiator.. you might need to adapte the different size port/hoses as they are different size on the radiator and crossover tube.

As other stated, either way will work (radiator or WP).

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thanks for the quick reply glad to know there away around drilling a more or less unneeded hole
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