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Old 26-02-2010, 02:15 PM
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Default RS500 thermostat housing

After some digging with my parts my engine builder noticed I have a 500 housing and a late 2wd head with some minor differences.

Is it worth converting to the 500/4x4 cooling setup to use this part or just source a proper 2wd thermostat housing and flog it?
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There were quite a few versions of the 2wd head.

There is the 3dr/early saff one with the 2 bolt thermo housing

The RS500 road car head with 3 bolt thermo housing and dowled inlet

The RS500 crate engine head/2wd saff head which is the road car RS500 head but without the dowls

and the late 2wd head which has the 4x4 waterways. This had a different part number to the rest and is beefier than the others, I am guessing this the is one you have.

Although the 500/4wd thermo is probably the better design I notice a lot of engine builders stick with the 2wd set up and the parts are cheaper and easier to obtain.
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I'll stick with the 2wd housing plan then. The 500 bits really should be on a 500. Thanks Paul.
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Hi, might be interested in what you have,do you have some pics and a price in mind?

Thanks
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