Technical Hemi Manifold Water Outlets ??? What do they hook up to ???

Let me begin with, I HAVE looked at Hemi Tech here and can't seem to
find the answer to what is PROBABLY a stupid question....

So with this in mind.....

I have a guy, looking at my HORNE manifold and asked me...
What do the water outlets hook up too
And to be honest, I don't have a GOOD SIMPLE answer for him
SO....being Thick as a Brick.....What should I tell the man ??????

I probably know, but for some reason, maybe brain fade, I can't pull
the answer out of my gray matter

ANY AND ALL HELP WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED
DON'T MIND IF YOU LAUGH AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS EITHER


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I can't see the whole manifold in your picture, but I think I know what you need. This is what I did with a Weiand dual quad manifold on my '54 331 (which comes with a "wet" intake manifold). I think I got the remote thermostat housing from Speedway Motors. Please excuse the dirt. It's a vintage modified that gets run occasionally.

 

I would guess you use them with a remote thermostat housing instead of the typical crossover tube on '55 - '58 Hemi's or to use it on the early '51 - '54 engines that had the t-stat in the intake manifold. That's ***uming it is for a Chrysler.

Dave

 

Maybe where I am confused is "WET MANIFOLD".....is there a readers digest explanation ???
And yes sorry for the bad photo.....

 

On the early 331 engines the coolant went out those front holes and back to the radiator. That was a "wet" manifold. Around 54 the heads started coming with the outlets at the front and the separate crossover installed. Depending on which heads you are using they are water return or a nice place for temp sender.

 

DAMN....Even I can understand that......THANKS VERY MUCH

 

If your hemi has coolant outlets in the end of the heads they can be blocked off

 

The stock intakes 51-4 had integral thermostat housing & crossover. water went out the thermostat housing like any engine.

 

Be smarter to use the front openings if there's a 392 crossover that'll fit & block off the holes in the intake. Have heard of problems with the thermostat in remote housings.

 

Makes sense until the thermostat opens there is little water flow at the thermostat to heat it up the more isolated it is the slower to open a small air bleed hole in the stat would help too.

 

Sort of an old Thread but a few questions. Since the "Wet" manifolds are almost not to be found certainly after market performance ones. Why could you not drill and tap the ends of the early heads install a fitting and run a remote thermostat from that? Then you would be able to run the after market manifolds and there are plenty of them.

 

AND THAT is what most folks do.....exactly what you describe

 

T. R. Waters makes parts for that

 

Thanks for that George, Visited there web-site and man they have a few things I am needing now. Here maybe this link will help other Hemi guy's.

https://www.trwaters.com/

 

he has stuff that's not on the page, ask about other things also.