Heat exchanger and A/C condenser

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Jan 19, 2021 | 07:39 PM

tdishon

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Heat exchanger and A/C condenser

I am setting up the cooling system right now and keep seeing, reading and hearing different things on the location of the water-to-air heat exchanger for my supercharged LS. Some say stick with the A/C condenser up front then heat exchanger. Others are saying heat exchanger first then A/C condenser. I have a factory setup on my Trackhawk with the A/C condenser up front and the Heat exchanger behind it. Thoughts?

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Jan 19, 2021 | 09:24 PM

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I would figure out which one are you going to want to get the most out of or look for places to do a remote mount for one or the other.

Jan 22, 2021 | 05:12 PM

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AC condenser in front. You can alway turn off the air when looking for every last hp.

Cant turn the LTR off when cruising or idling and can’t cool off.

Jan 22, 2021 | 07:28 PM

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AC condenser in front. You can alway turn off the air when looking for every last hp.

Cant turn the LTR off when cruising or idling and can’t cool off.

You can't turn it off but you can easily stay out of boost while tooling around with the A/C on so it's not really any different.
The ideal remedy is to not mount both of them up front.

Jan 23, 2021 | 09:53 AM

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True, but a little more difficult with a supercharger, depending on the pulley ratio setup. Many produce boost even at cruising speeds.

Jan 23, 2021 | 11:13 PM

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True, but a little more difficult with a supercharger, depending on the pulley ratio setup. Many produce boost even at cruising speeds.

None I've had have ever made boost except when they are under load, Not just cruising around. Same reason you make next to no boost when you rev it at idle. My current setup still pulls vacuum at cruising speed unless I'm going up a hill and even then boost level is only a couple pounds.

Jan 30, 2021 | 08:12 PM

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I just mounted my heatX out front but lower . It’s only 11-12 in high . Everything cools good , Ac , trans cooler etc . But I have fans on the heat x. It’s an afco dual pass for a gt 500.

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