reliant scimitar ss1 cvh.

[turbom]

Right here goes,I need some infomation on the reliant scimitar ss1 water pipes that run from the thermerstat housing to the rad.
Now why i ask is that i have a zvh thats going in a rwd escort and i know the ss1 was cvh powered, were the water pipes off the shelf off another car?? or bespoke to the car was the thermerstat housing std fwd cvh?

And finally did the water pipe run down the inlet side of the engine? And does anybody have any engine bay pics please??

Thanks for looking and any info would be great..

[scimjim]

There's two versions of pipework on the SS1 (early & late CVH) but essentially it's standard stat position (buried in the bulkhead in RWD layout!), expansion tank on exhaust side, so large pipe from water pump forward to rad with a tee to the expansion tank, small pipe from pump runs aft to the heater inlet, then heater outlet to the stat housing bypass, tee from this pipe goes to inlet manifold (with or without water heated auto choke inline). Large pipe from stat goes under the inlet manifold to the rad

Best pics I have I'm afraid and I don't have a good one of the pipe you're mainly concerned in- and couldn't tell you if it's Ford or Reliant. But I do have a few lying around that you could use for mockup, or have made/make up in silicone?





This is the other version with a triple tee in the main pump/rad pipe - there are 2 different water pumps with differing exit angles.

[turbom]

Thanks jim pm on its way..