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Originally Posted by Gator67

On your new set-up with the smoothie cover, where/how do you plan to run your heater control valve wiring?

So on the GTO, which has a smoothie, I will copy that to a degree for the 'bird.

In post 322, that center pic is the heater control valve config. The hose is very stiff, so I created a loop to prevent kinks, and to allow for any future trimming if the end gets boogered. That is a non-smoothie plate install, but will add a smoothie plate in the future.

On my GTO, since the control valve is only 5/8" pass-thru, I took a section of aluminum tubing and jammed it in one end, an JB welded it in there. That prevented me from having to do a loop.

The 'bird I'm doing a straight manifold, will use 90 degree EZ-Clip fittings, and have them go behind the inner wheelwell/fender. Will use the same type of hard line as the 442 & GTO, and route it into that area by where the fan motor was, and probably do a loop for future changes.

VA makes lengths of aluminum AC tubing, that has an AC fitting on one side, and a bubble type flare on the other side. I cut the AC fitting off and flare it for a tube nut, which cleans up the hose from the back of the head. (can see end in pic on post 322).

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Here's some pics of the GTO valve setup.


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The wiring on the GTO I ran thru the cowl/fresh air area.

On the 442, I used a leftover hole from the OE AC setup.

On the 'bird, will see when the time comes how I'll run it, but probably with a new, small hole and grommet.

EDIT: You can remove the terminals from the connector, and only have to drill a hole the size of the one wire. Then just put the connector on from the other side.

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The piece I cut off the hard line was the AC fitting, and that's what I glued into the heater valve so I could mount it on the bulkhead manifold.

On the 'bird, I'm going to use a straight manifold, and use non-AC kick panel, and retain the fresh air setup. Won't be able to use the 2nd fresh air source in the top of cowl, but at least will get some fresh air from kick panel.

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