What is the real purpose of the steam vents on the heads?
#17
TECH Senior Member
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I use the 4-corner steam tubes also. The back two ports were blocked from the factory, but I figured there would be no harm in opening them up. The came stock on LS1's, so they are easy to find for sale on Tech.
I'm curious if perhaps they also let out steam in the event of an overheat and the coolant actually begins to boil in the motor. The steam, being a gas, would rise to the top of the heads, so perhaps these tubes let the steam escape from the motor where it can cool down into a liquid again? Just a thought.
I'm curious if perhaps they also let out steam in the event of an overheat and the coolant actually begins to boil in the motor. The steam, being a gas, would rise to the top of the heads, so perhaps these tubes let the steam escape from the motor where it can cool down into a liquid again? Just a thought.
#19
TECH Regular
I'm looking for a steam vent solution under my edelbrock pro-flo right now. Curious to here what intake you are running that under. Would It be easier to just build these lines or use the ls1 setup?