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Old May 24, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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From: kansas city
Car: 92 zo3 z28
Engine: LT1 w/lt4 hotcam kit
Transmission: stage 3 700r4
Axle/Gears: posi 3.42
lt1 cooling

i put the lt1 into my car and im usin the third gen radiator what i cant figure out how to run is the coolant line that comes off the head and the one for the oil cooler and the TB i toe ok the lower outlet on water pump and used a t to tie it into the heater hose that goes in to radiator and the upper on i ran into the stock heater valve i just dont dont what to do with the other three im runnin out of ideas if ne one has ne ideas please help me
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Old May 24, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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Car: 1992 camaro
Engine: LT1
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Re: lt1 cooling

Care to re-type it in english? Only under stand a little of it but I'll try,

Water pump This line usually went to an inlet at the bottom driver side of the 4th gen radiator.
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Old May 24, 2009 | 06:05 PM
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From: kansas city
Car: 92 zo3 z28
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Transmission: stage 3 700r4
Axle/Gears: posi 3.42
Re: lt1 cooling

ok theres a hard line that comes off the pside of motor that connects the 2 heads on the back side i wanna know what people are hooking that line into and im just gonna plug the oil cooler line for rite now and im gonna bypass the TB line also on the hard line for the heads does it push or pull antifreeze on the engine side
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Old May 24, 2009 | 06:10 PM
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Engine: 355 LT1, 1.8 I4
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Re: lt1 cooling

Get a radiator with threaded fittings. I did that and clamped a rubber hose on to one end of the coolant line, and the other end to a threaded brake line to the radiator. And you can delete the oil cooler to solve that problem. There is absolutley no benifit from it, and it is a place for coolant to leak into your oil.
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