VE heater hose relocation

[amckiwi]

is there just a cosmetic benifit for this mod?

Stu

[AussieTone]

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.

Ray
Do you have a contact number mate and thanks for the advice
Tony

is there just a cosmetic benifit for this mod?

Stu

Stu
Mainly cosmetic but the twin covers don't hold all the heat in like the turtle shell. It's like gaining the benefit from going 'naked' but still looks nice and tidy
Tony

[Wonky]

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

Not sure about that Tone (Swingtan has a 6.0 VZ) but Chev was talking yesterday about somehow using VY hoses to hopefully achieve the same effect without the need for the extra hose clamps their current method requires (takes the edge off the neatness). Don't know any more details than that at the moment.

[AussieTone]

It sounds like trimming down the front and rear of the driver's side cover then putting a bit of pinch weld over the cut edge like I did on my old VE SS will be just as easy and still looks good.

Pinch weld was from Clarke rubber and they sell it in what ever length you want. Don't remember the price but I bet it was way cheaper than new hoses

[PSI 364]

Tony, I know it a bit late but heres a pic of a VZ 6ltr engine bay, you can see the heater hoses run up the drivers side rail.

Dont know how well they would match up to the heater on a VE though ....

Mick

[Wonky]

Tony, finally had my OTR fitted and tune today at Chev's and Big Rob also did his heater hose re-route for me. Not sure how well you can see from the following pics but here they are anyway.

[Marco]

That's a good looking CAI, what brand/model is it?

[DaveHAT]

That's a good looking CAI, what brand/model is it?

DUSspeed.

Damn you know how to put together a tidy machine Gary!

[Wonky]

Yep, as Dave said, it's a DUSspeed made by forum member Dus. I had mine painted to match the body colour.

Seems to work very well too!! Had the ute tuned yesterday by Chev. My sedan was (AFAIK) the highest powered bolt-on A6 L98 at Chev's with 264rwkw (261 on his new dyno), so given the ute hasn't even done 2,000km yet (the sedan definitely got much stronger after 10,000+km) and is a 260kw AFM L76 I was going to be happy with anything over 250rwkw.

260.3rwkw with Dus OTR and mafless tune.

[HSVQUE]

thats a great figure wonky.. gotta be happy with that.

[boyley]

260.3rwkw with Dus OTR and mafless tune.

Wonky you know you want a cam now Why dont you sneek in and grab some of andy's goodies whilst hes not looking

[TOYLS1]

Bay looks the goods wonky, good power too!

[AussieTone]

Tony, finally had my OTR fitted and tune today at Chev's and Big Rob also did his heater hose re-route for me.

Thanks for that. It has helped me heaps. Nice numbers you got as well.
Cheers
Tony

[Ron SS]

After a bit of research, I have found that the heater hoses to use to relocate the VE hoses are actually made by Holden .... you simply use the long heater hose from the Commodore V8 models VC-VK as this gives you more options when routing the new hoses. The VC-VK models have two heater hoses ... use the long one and buy two of them. All up cost is $20. These hoses have the 90 degree bend to use at the water pump end. Although Holdens VB-VE all have two sizes of outlet at the pump end, Holden simply use the same size hose as there is plenty of stretch in the hose to fit over the larger nipple. Different suppliers may have a flared end but it really is not needed. I used some 25mm corrugated split tubing around the hoses to protect against the heat from the hoses and a couple of plastic ties.. another $6. All up $26 and you reuse the existing spring clips.

Note also that 6 cylinder blue/black motors VC-VK also have hoses that fit VE, but they are shorter than the V8 ones, hence go for the V8 ones to give better routing options.

It is best to get as much access to the front area as possible by unclipping two wire looms. The radiator is drained by undoing a screw under the radiator, kick the motor over for a few seconds to avoid a mess before the existing hoses are pulled off. A clean 10 litre bucket under the drain hole is easily big enough and reuse the coolant later. The end result is factory looking with no messy extra clips or joiners needed. It took 1 hour to do it ... next one would be half that!!

[AussieTone]

Sorry for what may sound like a dumb question but if I remove these hoses to have a 'fiddle' how much radiator fluid do I loose and do I need to plug up the connections on the water pump (to avoid the fluis draing out) whilst I am having a 'fiddle'