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Old 05-13-2016, 11:34 AM
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I know this is a cooling question, but my car is boosted so I thought I would ask here.

I am having a hard time plumbing my intercooler in my 68 Camaro with the space I have. I was looking into using a racing Scirocco rad and mounting it low so the charge pipe can have room to come over top. I will be running E85 and the car will be street driven less than 50 miles one way on occassin. Does anyone have any experience with this? Rad cor dimensions are only 18" wide and 12" high with 2 1" cores.
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Text me tonight/tomorrow and I will go measure my nova rad. It is small but is a dual pass with a great fan/shroud and keeps it cool no problem.
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How much space do you have? The fan and shroud make a huge difference. Get a taurus 2-speed fan on there with any decent radiator and it should keep it cool. My rad core is 14x14 and I never have any issues.
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Originally Posted by Forcefed86
How much space do you have? The fan and shroud make a huge difference. Get a taurus 2-speed fan on there with any decent radiator and it should keep it cool. My rad core is 14x14 and I never have any issues.
The one I am looking at is a racing style and is supposed to be efficient so if yours is only 14x14 the one I am looking at should have more surface area so hopefully it will be enough. I actually have plenty of room, but the problem I am having is the angle for a charge pipe. The Holley intake tips the TB at a weird angle and the Treadstone cooler is so tall that the charge pipe would look like an S.

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Originally Posted by ablakez28
Text me tonight/tomorrow and I will go measure my nova rad. It is small but is a dual pass with a great fan/shroud and keeps it cool no problem.
Cool. Thank you!



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