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Originally Posted by el ess A
I didn't. I simply got a solid 2012 upper hose which doesn't have the T in it. Problem solved. The 2012-15 used a tap off from the bottom of the radiator instead, so it didn't need the hose T.
But if you really wanted to block off what's there, you could get a nipple and put it on there. I just wanted it to look like it was never there.
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Whoops, completely didn’t realize you said HEATER hoses. I did the heater hose relocation a while ago, with the Katech 5th gen Camaro SS heater hose relocation kit. I think at the time, I was thinking it was gonna save me money, so I bought that over the 12-15 OEM heater hoses for the LS3/L99. Looking back now, I probably would’ve gone for the OEM part because I found a few vendors selling them for like $20-30 cheaper than the common going prices.
There’s like maybe 2 or 3 sharp spots in the side of the engine bay chassis, on the driver’s side, after you relocate the hoses to the inside of the heat shielding. Katech’s kit is simply just heater hoses and hose clamps, but they were nice enough to cut out a section of hosing for each hose, to wrap them around the sharp edged chassis areas. I ended up just using a single zip tie and they already wrapped around the hoses nicely.
I had trouble getting the 3/4” hose to install at the way on the heater core port, so I gave up with it having like maybe 2-2.5 mm left for the hose to go all the way against the firewall. The hose still fully installed, so I wasn’t too crazy about it; and I used their worm gear hose clamps, because it was wayyy easier than trying to use the factory spring clamps. I did, however, retain the spring clamps at the water pump thermostat fitting, to keep that OEM look.
One kinda annoying area, is the furthest back coil pack on the passenger’s side valve cover. If you have to dissemble the coil pack and adjust the bracket/hardware around there, it’s kind of a pain to do so. You gotta muscle the hoses around, and if you move them enough, the rubber hoses can kink if you’re too crazy with it.