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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 12:38 AM
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Default Alt's to Vortech heat exhanger and pump??

I am missing the heat exchanger, water pump and resevoir for the Vortech aftercooler system. I'm looking all over the internet for solutions other than calling vortech who seem to think thier stuff is made of gold.

For the heat exhanger, is that just a glorified tranny cooler?? Searching through turbo guys setups this seems to be the case?? I can get a nice little cooler with a fan from Summit for a reasonable price is that a good way to go any considerations??

Looking at the water pump, I did find the pump wih the kit is a Bosch pump, the 03 lightning has a bosch pump which can be had for a good price.

The resevoir is just a container I can do something with PVC or use a Jazz cell or something..

Then just follow the instructions for mounting it like the setup that comes with the Aftercooler.

I could probably do all that for under 300 which I think is cheaper then the heat exchanger itself from Vortech....

Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks!

Bobby
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 12:41 AM
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Or do I need something more like this????

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-L...spagenameZWD7V
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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 06:19 AM
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I'll sell you my pump. I'm taking it off so I can install a Lightning pump...

On the exchanger, watch the inlet and outlet size. Most tranny/oil coolers only have 3/8" fittings, whereas the vortech and others need 5/8" or 3/4" fittings.

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