TracTuff J Series Flipped Exit Water Neck

Description

The J Series engine has been finding its way into several Rear Wheel Drive, mid-engine, and rear-engine swaps, and the latter of those three required the cooling system hoses to be routed in a roundabout way, so I took the Through Valley Exit water neck and I flipped it!

To make the combo as compact as possible the four bolt flange had to go over the camshaft thrust cover and being the OEM camshaft thrust cover is tall, a more compact version needed to be made to reduce the height of both water neck flanges while maintaining 1.00″ internal passages. The low profile camshaft thrust cover (.1712″ tall) was essential to hitting the overall height. You only need 2.10″ of space between the firewall and the water necks mounting surface to run these!

The four bolt flange uses an OEM gasket (Not Included) to seal against the cylinder head; it incorporates an early M12 x 1.5 J Series ECT sensor port, a 1/8″ NPT accessory port, and a -16 ORB outlet that gets plugged in this configuration. The two bolt flange uses an o-ring (included) to seal against the cylinder head and incorporates a -8 ORB outlet port. The hardware kit includes either a custom -8 ORB to 11/16″ hose fitting or a plug, so you can choose whether or not to connect a heater core. You also have the choice of adding a -10 male flare accessory bung to feed hot water to an inline thermostat water bypass port if you plan on running a thermostat.

NOTE: These unique flanges do not have the means to hold the water pump inlet tube like the V1 flanges do, so you will need to run the J Series Water Pump Inlet or come up with your own solution.