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<blockquote data-quote="ShadowDrake" data-source="post: 11739133" data-attributes="member: 46982"><p>Filling from the coolant crossover. I screw a funnel in there. Fill the overflow bottle first, close the top on it. Fill from coolant crossover. Start engine with funnel in place and coolant in funnel. Keep adding coolant to funnel, not letting air in. Rev a couple of times to get air out. Let it idle with coolant in funnel till up to operating temperature. Shut car off, keep coolant in funnel till cool. Siphon coolant from funnel and put plug back into place.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't look much different than any other 4v. I used my 04 GT block - iron. No modifications were necessary for timing equipment.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I mean 118 * C - so that would be 245 *F. Definitely over boiling point.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The 01 continental heads have both freezeout plugs in place in the back. The coolant for the heater core in that application comes off of the crossover.</p><p></p><p>So I knocked out the ones on the top of the head for now. When the engine comes out for a rebuild with forged parts, I will switch them to the back of the head locations.</p><p></p><p>If I run the two freezeout plugs up to the upper radiator hose, I will need something to feed the heater core still. In OEM trim - the passenger side head feeds the heater core. The return goes to the rear of the water pump. This is essentially how I have it - only BOTH heads are feeding the heater core. That's the only difference in my setup currently. There's a head cooling mod (not sure which one by name) that does the same thing. LDC maybe?</p><p></p><p>I will draw up a crude diagram at work today - will post back at 6pm est or so.</p><p></p><p>This pretty much emulates the OEM cooling system from what I can determine.</p><p></p><p>When it works, it works just fine. I can abuse the car and it'll stay cool. If I start the car up while warm though it's like someone flicks a switch that disables the radiator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShadowDrake, post: 11739133, member: 46982"] Filling from the coolant crossover. I screw a funnel in there. Fill the overflow bottle first, close the top on it. Fill from coolant crossover. Start engine with funnel in place and coolant in funnel. Keep adding coolant to funnel, not letting air in. Rev a couple of times to get air out. Let it idle with coolant in funnel till up to operating temperature. Shut car off, keep coolant in funnel till cool. Siphon coolant from funnel and put plug back into place. It doesn't look much different than any other 4v. I used my 04 GT block - iron. No modifications were necessary for timing equipment. I mean 118 * C - so that would be 245 *F. Definitely over boiling point. The 01 continental heads have both freezeout plugs in place in the back. The coolant for the heater core in that application comes off of the crossover. So I knocked out the ones on the top of the head for now. When the engine comes out for a rebuild with forged parts, I will switch them to the back of the head locations. If I run the two freezeout plugs up to the upper radiator hose, I will need something to feed the heater core still. In OEM trim - the passenger side head feeds the heater core. The return goes to the rear of the water pump. This is essentially how I have it - only BOTH heads are feeding the heater core. That's the only difference in my setup currently. There's a head cooling mod (not sure which one by name) that does the same thing. LDC maybe? I will draw up a crude diagram at work today - will post back at 6pm est or so. This pretty much emulates the OEM cooling system from what I can determine. When it works, it works just fine. I can abuse the car and it'll stay cool. If I start the car up while warm though it's like someone flicks a switch that disables the radiator. [/QUOTE]
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