4AGE Coolant Neck Question

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Kitsunami
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4AGE Coolant Neck Question

Postby Kitsunami » Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:42 am

Hey all, I promise I always exhaust my search options first. Having trouble with the old site being down and damn-near all the old photo links being broken.

For my AE86 GTS build, I'm going to be using an AE92 remote thermostat setup so I can have an e-fan, I've read this is an awesome mod to do and that's the route I've chosen. I've looked at a bunch of plumbing diagrams to do this, but there's one thing that I cannot seem to clarify. All the pictures of people doing this setup show the same front coolant neck and for the life of me, I cannot figure out what type of neck it is, or what car it comes from. I would love some help identifying it.

I've included multiple pictures to show what I mean. The coolant neck I'm hoping you all can identify is circled in red.

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Additionally, the standard 4AGE RWD front coolant neck has the bypass outlet on the bottom, but it's a female connection, Would I be able to modify this design to achieve the same thing (Perhaps welding into a male connection)?

One important thing to note, I'm going to be using the AW11 water pump / housing setup, so I cannot use the bypass as it was intended for the RWD application.

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Re: 4AGE Coolant Neck Question

Postby aukword1 » Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:05 am

looks similar to a 4agze not 100% sure though. So you have the same water pump housing as pictured?

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Re: 4AGE Coolant Neck Question

Postby Kitsunami » Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:09 am

aukword1 wrote:looks similar to a 4agze not 100% sure though. So you have the same water pump housing as pictured?


Yes I do, and I even have the AE92 complete remote thermostat assembly in my possession as well.

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Re: 4AGE Coolant Neck Question

Postby jdm86gtz » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:02 pm

If you have the AE86 GTS water pump, fit the AE92 thermostat housing to it.
One of my friends did it years ago to switch electric fans.

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Re: 4AGE Coolant Neck Question

Postby Kitsunami » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:42 pm

jdm86gtz wrote:If you have the AE86 GTS water pump, fit the AE92 thermostat housing to it.
One of my friends did it years ago to switch electric fans.


That's the thing, I don't have the AE86 water pump housing assembly. Looks like I have another part I need to source from somewhere. Oh joy.

But you answered most of my question, so thank you.