VE heater hose relocation

[AussieTone]

I fitted the Holden OEM twin 6 litre covers to my old VE SS sedan but had to trim down the front and rear of the drivers side cover to clear the heater hoses.

I want to fit a pair to my MY09 SS Ute and have been told if you relocate the heater hoses you don’t have to trim the engine covers.

Has anyone done this and if so could they please give me a blow by blow description on what is involved in moving the hoses

Cheers

[Ron SS]

I see no reply as yet. Could someone tell me the size of the heater hoses required for VE ....rubber hoses specify ID. It looks to me that there are two hose sizes at the motor connection 5/8 and 3/4 ID, but the larger one is sleeved down after the first join so that both hoses end up at 5/8 ID (7/8 OD) at the firewall end. Can someone add some info please for what looks to be a great mod for looks to fit L76 covers and for a cooler inlet manifold.

[Wonky]

Tone and Ron, I'm having Chev fit my extractors and new KPM system tomorrow so I'll see if Big Rob has time to relocate the heater hoses too as he has done on quite a few. Or just ring or go down and see them.

[AussieTone]

Tone and Ron, I'm having Chev fit my extractors and new KPM system tomorrow so I'll see if Big Rob has time to relocate the heater hoses too as he has done on quite a few. Or just ring or go down and see them.

Love to see some pics of the relocated hoses as well if possible

[Wonky]

Love to see some pics of the relocated hoses as well if possible

Yep, if BR does have time to do them I'll certainly get pics for you.

[VX-300]

Heaps of guys in the USA have done this on the Pontiac G8-GT.
(Rebadged LHD VE SS).

Original hoses.


New Relocated Hose Pair (front of pic)


Relocated.
















Original Position







Relocated with 2pce 6.0 engine covers.

[Wonky]

From memory (it's a while since I saw one that had been done) that looks about what Big Rob does.

[SV346]

For a cooler inlet manifold remove the nvh cover off of it, you barely even know its there till you look closer, take it off! And no im not talking about the bloody engine cover!

[WH Captain]

Is it really worth the effort with moving the hoses? It dont look bad at all if u have a dremel and take ya time to trim them up nicely.. only my opinion tho

[VX-300]

For a cooler inlet manifold remove the nvh cover off of it, you barely even know its there till you look closer, take it off! And no im not talking about the bloody engine cover!

It's only the newer LS3 intakes (that also fit L76/L98) with the bolt down MAP sensor at the front that have the removable Beauty/Noise Cover. You have to unbolt and lift the fuel rail to get it out.

[HSV Manta]

[QUOTE=VX-300;1477746]Heaps of guys in the USA have done this on the Pontiac G8-GT.
(Rebadged LHD VE SS).


New Relocated Hose Pair (front of pic)


Are the bottom hoses off a particular model or are they a custom set up?

Cheers

[VX-300]

They're aftermarket made up hoses.

[Wonky]

Unfortunately ran out of time to do heater hose reroute today so next week hopefully when I get OTR done.

[AussieTone]

Did the last of the VZ's with the 6 liter engine have the same hose setup as the VE.

Also, after having a closer look at the VE set up there appears to be quite a bit of slack and there is a 90 degree bend in both hoses near the firewall. Do you think it would work if you rotated the bend 180 degrees (so it changed direction to pointing towards the guard rather than the engine valley). As I mentioned there appears to be heaps of slack in the hoses so maybe this would work.

If the VZ hoses are different does anyone have a pic of them as from memory the VZ had the twin covers standard so probably had a different hse setup

[Red-SSV]

I fitted the Holden OEM twin 6 litre covers to my old VE SS sedan but had to trim down the front and rear of the drivers side cover to clear the heater hoses.

I want to fit a pair to my MY09 SS Ute and have been told if you relocate the heater hoses you don’t have to trim the engine covers.

Has anyone done this and if so could they please give me a blow by blow description on what is involved in moving the hoses

Cheers

tone, i had mine done down at "chevs" when they did my cam/head package.
give 'big rob" a ring mate. hes done quite a few now and hes the type of guy that wouldnt mind posting you a photo or to id say.

cheers
ray.