Cooling setups on Boosted LS1 ? driven on the street
03-09-2012, 10:42 AM
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Cooling setups on Boosted LS1 ? driven on the street whats your cooling setup on your boosted ls1s ? i have dual Spal fans, one pusher 10" and a puller 14" on a griffen 31" radiator and cruising on the fwy is fine but once i get off and cruise city streets for a while it starts to heat up. After it warms up, two consecutive street dig runs it basically will not stay cool. I recall seeing a turbo camaro in TX2k11 and in the texas heat. how does it keep cool ? I'm about to chop the front end off and put some OEM taurus fans or something.
03-09-2012, 10:56 AM
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fbod I assume? I have found that getting the right fans with shroud makes the difference if it will cool while driving. How are you fitting a 31" radiator? I have the 15X27.5 griffin. I had problems until I wrapped my pipes, got a turbo blanket and built a shroud with two 10" zirgo pullers. I had to make it fit but you may not be able to do two pullers.
03-09-2012, 11:17 AM
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I'm running the same griffen as most on here that stand up the radiator. After trying many different fans I took some measurements and went to the junk yard.
I ended up with dual 10 inch fans in a nice shroud from an 02 saab 93 turbo. On the saab they were pulling through a rediator, condenser, and a large intercooler. I wired them up with the stock wiring and they work great. I had to do very little work for them to fit on the griffen rad. I haven't used my ac yet but with out it on still pulling through my condensor they work awesome.
I ended up with dual 10 inch fans in a nice shroud from an 02 saab 93 turbo. On the saab they were pulling through a rediator, condenser, and a large intercooler. I wired them up with the stock wiring and they work great. I had to do very little work for them to fit on the griffen rad. I haven't used my ac yet but with out it on still pulling through my condensor they work awesome.
03-09-2012, 11:21 AM
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I'm running the same griffen as most on here that stand up the radiator. After trying many different fans I took some measurements and went to the junk yard.
I ended up with dual 10 inch fans in a nice shroud from an 02 saab 93 turbo. On the saab they were pulling through a rediator, condenser, and a large intercooler. I wired them up with the stock wiring and they work great. I had to do very little work for them to fit on the griffen rad. I haven't used my ac yet but with out it on still pulling through my condensor they work awesome.
I ended up with dual 10 inch fans in a nice shroud from an 02 saab 93 turbo. On the saab they were pulling through a rediator, condenser, and a large intercooler. I wired them up with the stock wiring and they work great. I had to do very little work for them to fit on the griffen rad. I haven't used my ac yet but with out it on still pulling through my condensor they work awesome.
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03-09-2012, 11:40 AM
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Are you running a shroud now.if not that will cure the problem.for sure.this forces all the site to get pulled with the fan.I would get rid of the pusher and run a single 16 with a shroud.
