Heating issues with front mount setup.

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May 31, 2012 | 10:09 PM

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Heating issues with front mount setup.

Well I got my car on the dyno on monday. The car did pretty good but will have to go back for another session. While on the dyno my tuner mentioned to me that the radiator that I have which is GRI-1-25241-X griffin radiator most of us use for the setup, Was getting a lil hot I got a 160* thermostat with dual pusher fan each flows 2000 cfm the car during pulls was reaching temps up to 220*. My tuner mentioned to that I should lower the top radiator hose about 5" lower. So it will have a better cooling affect like the stock radiator which is bout 5" lower from the top of the radiator. Any experience on this? Thanks.

Aug 31, 2012 | 01:16 PM

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Never heard of that

Aug 31, 2012 | 08:16 PM

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Never heard of that. . . Did yall have a big pusher fan in front of the car while on the dyno? Most shops do.

Sep 2, 2012 | 07:23 AM

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Me either...

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Never heard of that

Sounds like BS to me.

Sep 2, 2012 | 09:47 AM

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Yes we had three fans blowing on the car but the car stays cooler now no over heating issues...

Sep 2, 2012 | 09:58 AM

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Yes we had three fans blowing on the car but the car stays cooler now no over heating issues...

So what did you do to fix it?

Sep 2, 2012 | 10:03 AM

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I lowered the hose down five inches similar to the factory radiator but I'm also going to get the derale pusher fans because the ones I have aren't doing the job....