N/A coolant bypass

[livinglegend2100]

I removed the EGR, and deleted all of the coolant lines for the intake plenum. But i am left with this rats nest behind the engine. The smaller hardlines i know went to the plenum lines, but The two large coolant pipes im not sure what to do with. Do those two large coolant pipes run to the heater core? the car the motor is going into doesnt have a heater core so if thats the case, is there a nice "tidy" way to tie those two large coolant pipes together?

[nissanfreak12]

Yes, they run to the heater core. You can always cap them off. The one on the driver side, you can just make a plate and block it at the connector and remove the whole upper section. The passenger side, either leave alone with a cap or cut it down and cap it off. But if you cut it and decide later you want a heater again, you could be SOL.

[livinglegend2100]

i wont be putting a heater core back in, so thats not a problem. but will i be starving anything of coolant by just capping both of those lines off? i feel like it would be a safer move to keep the coolant flow between them.

[nissanfreak12]

You can, but you will not be starving anything on an NA. The other thing you can do is cut the passenger side down and loop a hose from the driver side to passenger side.

[livinglegend2100]

thats kinda what i was thinking, but if theres no need for the coolant to be returned back into the passenger side tube, then ill just block them both off. one less leak to worry about

[JVZ32]

Hey man im new to this forum...sorry for replying out of nowhere. i wanted to ask u if u have had any problems with your Z since the coolant bypass? To be specific i mean like on cold start-up's or hot, has that affected your Z in any way?

[PAintballa45]

Hey man im new to this forum...sorry for replying out of nowhere. i wanted to ask u if u have had any problems with your Z since the coolant bypass? To be specific i mean like on cold start-up's or hot, has that affected your Z in any way?

i did my bypass in 2010, looped the lines in the back of the plenum before the heater core with no ill effects, havent touched it since besides making sure everything is nice and snug whenever i pull my upper plenum

[JVZ32]

So no hesitation whatsoever, because doesn't it matter if u live in a cold place?

[PAintballa45]

nope no difference, im in new england so we get a little of everything

[JVZ32]

Ok...i went ahead and deleted the water lines completeley. Damn, the little hoses under the plenum were clogged really bad. No wonder why my intake plenum was always hotter than it should be. I have also deleted my heater and shaved down the hardline pipes exiting the firewall since I live in Southwest Texas(pretty hot throughout the year) I won't need it whatsoever. I'm not sure how to post pictures since I'll always be replying through my phone. Sorry for this... I would like to add pictures so I'll figure it out soon.