S14 Heater core hose so long + t/b heater nipple questions

[Silv1401]

Doing some bay cleanup, and tucking/deleting things. Like to know if I can put some of my 500ft of braided tubing to use.

First question: is there a reason the top heater core hose (that runs to rear of KA block) is so long? Besides slack for engine torquing while accelerating, I don't get why the hose has almost two feet of length when it could've ran 1 foot straight to the rear nipple. Can I ditch the unsightly plastic connector (and bracket) and the metal section of tubing and just run a tube straight from the core to the block (with slack, of course)?

Second, the bottom heater core tube has the metal inline-T that runs coolant to heat the TB, and into the upper water neck. Any problem ditching the T and plugging the water neck nipple? Already deleted the TB heater maze of lines, just not sure if the line serves a secondary purpose. Old post mentioned something about it being an extra path for water pump to flow volume, or something.

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