Originally Posted by 32krazy!
gfreak being in fl you will see some high iat's when pushing your car. cooling mods were the first things i did and these mods have proven to be worth the $. you can add meth to further cool but its not the route i choose
1. dj's supercooler. the biggest h/e made cost 350$
2. separate the cooling system from the i/c sytem. free and turns a high pressure i/c loop into a low pressure loop cost FREE!
3. run a 70/30 mix in the i/c coolant system. water cools faster than antifreeze
4. the following mods were done to compliment the others and keep the engine itself cooler as the h/e is HUGE!
5. 180 tstat cost $100
6. -10 * fan mod. cost $50 this mod turns the fan on 10* sooner than oem to work inconjunction with the 180 tstat
7. complete fluid flush and rinse. then refill with 50/50 mix of m/b coolant and distilled water cost 25$
8. remove the rubber strip at the rear of the hood to allow heat to escape. cost free! some remove the bottom pan as well but i kept mine as i noticed a lift in the front of my car in excess of 150mph
when all this was completed i realized a 80 to 90 * drop in iat's . my engine temps run 180 to 190* in 90* heat and my iat's run 100 to 105* of course theres a huge spike in iat's when the car is pushed hard, but almoat as soon as you release the throttle the temps start to decline
hope this helps
im not a fan of putting a massive intercooler because then the other cooling systems suffer ie oil, trans, engine coolant, ac, etc.. I had a saab 9-3 turbocharged and the stock system had zero cooling issues but then again it was a 250hp car, but my buddy has a 300zx TT with all the bolt ons you can get running at 415 at the wheels and his overly massive air 2 air IC has caused major cooling isues for all for of his other cooling systems...
what do you think of doing:
2. separate the cooling system from the i/c sytem. free and turns a high pressure i/c loop into a low pressure loop cost FREE!
3.
run an 80/20 mix with water wetter type product instead of 70/30 mix in the i/c coolant system. water cools faster than antifreeze
5. 180 tstat cost $100
- not sure what this does please explain.?
6. -10 * fan mod. cost $50 this mod turns the fan on 10* sooner than oem to work inconjunction with the 180 tstat
7. complete fluid flush and rinse. then refill with 50/50 mix of m/b coolant and distilled water cost 25$
8. remove the rubber strip at the rear of the hood to allow heat to escape.
- would this be a problem during rainy days on the underhood electronics and so on getting wet..as this is my daily driver? cost free! some remove the bottom pan as well but i kept mine as i noticed a lift in the front of my car in excess of 150mph
im just looking to have the power there when i need/want it i hate the fact that when i "hit the gas" the performance result is a coin toss.... im going to have the IC pump checked out..