Clocking the thermostat housing
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Clocking the thermostat housing I have a 99 LS1 and the thermostat and thermostat housing are made together (obviously)... For my motor swap I'm doing i cant find a water neck like i need.
The stock water neck points to 9 o'clock like your typical f-body LS engine. But i need it to point to a 5 o'clock position. I've looked online trying to find a water neck that swivels and it also got and angle like the stock housing which is approx 15 deg.
I've seen some water necks online, but i'm not sure about the thermostat. I really want to keep the stock thermostat characteristics so everything will operate like original.
So does anybody know who sells a 15* swivel thermostat housing? And what thermostat would i need to buy which would have the same design as stock? I've heard of people running an old school 350 thermostat, but those don't work like the LS TS that is dividing 2 chambers.
Can anyone help or lead me in the right direction?
Thanks
The stock water neck points to 9 o'clock like your typical f-body LS engine. But i need it to point to a 5 o'clock position. I've looked online trying to find a water neck that swivels and it also got and angle like the stock housing which is approx 15 deg.
I've seen some water necks online, but i'm not sure about the thermostat. I really want to keep the stock thermostat characteristics so everything will operate like original.
So does anybody know who sells a 15* swivel thermostat housing? And what thermostat would i need to buy which would have the same design as stock? I've heard of people running an old school 350 thermostat, but those don't work like the LS TS that is dividing 2 chambers.
Can anyone help or lead me in the right direction?
Thanks
The LS2 thermostats are separate from the housing It operates the same way. S&P, Mr Gasket, etc sell a clockable housing that will work with that. Also search over at the conversions page, there are a couple ford housings that have a different orientation.
Here's one:
http://shop.mr-gasket.com/cooling-sy...swivel-30.html
Here's one:
http://shop.mr-gasket.com/cooling-sy...swivel-30.html
Last edited by garys 68; Jan 4, 2015 at 08:30 AM.
