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I need to be able to have a 90* fitting on the heater hoses and I'm not sure what to do.. where to get them. I'm trying to put a 3.8 from an 02 in my 88 Camaro and I need to have a/c and heat.
The engine ... I got off of Ebay, so I've never seen the hoses in real life. I've been told they are quick disconnect and I've seen some pictures online from searching about the subject...such as this one:
http://www.thenebula.com/carpics/pics4/heater_hose.jpg
I found a guy that put a 3.8 in his 84 and he has 90* fittings on there. I'd love to know what they are, where they came from, but I don't see how to contact the person on CarDomain. This is the picture of the fittings:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...37_14_full.jpg
This is his profile link:
http://www.cardomain.com/id/84camw96mo
The reason I need these 90* angles is so I can relocate the condensor up top... and those hoses would be in the way of the new location. I know LS1 swap guys notch the kmember to have a/c, but since the front of the 3.8 is so much farther back I'd have to cut a *huge* chunk of the kmember out. More than I'm comfortable doing for obvious saftey reasons. That and it would be past the engine mount on that side so that would obviously create a problem.
http://www.melancholyvgs311.org/3800.jpg
Only a couple guys I've seen have done this swap, none of them kept the a/c.
...any other input is welcome too.
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-Bud
The engine ... I got off of Ebay, so I've never seen the hoses in real life. I've been told they are quick disconnect and I've seen some pictures online from searching about the subject...such as this one:
http://www.thenebula.com/carpics/pics4/heater_hose.jpg
I found a guy that put a 3.8 in his 84 and he has 90* fittings on there. I'd love to know what they are, where they came from, but I don't see how to contact the person on CarDomain. This is the picture of the fittings:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...37_14_full.jpg
This is his profile link:
http://www.cardomain.com/id/84camw96mo
The reason I need these 90* angles is so I can relocate the condensor up top... and those hoses would be in the way of the new location. I know LS1 swap guys notch the kmember to have a/c, but since the front of the 3.8 is so much farther back I'd have to cut a *huge* chunk of the kmember out. More than I'm comfortable doing for obvious saftey reasons. That and it would be past the engine mount on that side so that would obviously create a problem.
http://www.melancholyvgs311.org/3800.jpg
Only a couple guys I've seen have done this swap, none of them kept the a/c.
...any other input is welcome too.
[img]smile.gif[/img]
-Bud
