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- virginia beach
i just bought a westcoast exhaust with the manifold for my js 550 i was wondering if anyone had a picture on how to run the cooling lines for it thanks for the help
300/440/550 just bought a west coast exhaust
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john zigler
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- wisconsin
you will have an outlet fitting at the front of your head. ( front of the ski). you run a hose from this, to the front of the head pipe. there is another fitting at the rear of the head pipe. you run a hose from this fitting, down to the fitting on the stinger. ( end of the pipe, near the waterbox). this is the hose that you put a "tee" into to run a "pisser" out the side.
good luck.
zig
good luck.
zig
- Location
- Knoxville, TN
what about the other manifold hole if its dual cooled?
john zigler
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- Location
- wisconsin
well, if the manifold has fittings for dual cooling, and your ski has single, you can just pull out the front nipple, and put in a brass plug from the hardware store.
- Location
- Knoxville, TN
Dragonfly
X-2 freak
- Location
- loserville
I would tap the pump for the second line not tee it. just my opinion.
- Location
- Knoxville, TN
why?
WFO Speedracer
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- Alabama
Because tees and fittings in general create restriction ,so what you have just accomplished is further restricting the stock cooling system by running it through a tee and another fitting,not exactly what you were shooting for would be my guess.
Dragonfly
X-2 freak
- Location
- loserville
you cant really get double the cooling without adding a second port to the pump. imo
- Location
- Knoxville, TN
ya but i didn't have a plug so its not really hurting any thing right? the tee just adds a little more pressure
WFO Speedracer
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- Alabama
Pressure is not what you want,you want flow,if you increase the pressure you reduce the amount of time the water stays in the engine and collects heat,you have reduced the flow,therefore you have reduced the ability of the water to cool the engine.If its a stock or basically stock machine it probably won't matter,if it has a high compression head it very well may matter and can cause the engine to overheat as well.
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- Location
- Knoxville, TN
i'm using 3/4 inch tubing with a huge tee. will that even make a difference?
the WaTeRhAwK
fryin' up a/m electrics..
- Location
- okc
exactly. if you're going to run a shorty chamber and a 13 degree prop producing high rpms you definitely don't wan't that much flow restriction.
- Location
- virginia beach
kinda answers my question im just going from an old school west coast to the new one and was just wondering how it would hook up different to the new pipe