Heating up hills
06-26-2009, 12:46 PM
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Heating up hills I am curious on best way to keep the car cool. I found I pretty much started overheating as I was cruising up the hills a last week. I do enjoy cruisin through the hills so want to figure out what I should do....
Currently I have full bolt ons, 3600 circle d converter, shift kit, level 4 flt tranny with 273 gears. I am using a hayden trans cooler and of course the 160 thermastat.
Currently I have full bolt ons, 3600 circle d converter, shift kit, level 4 flt tranny with 273 gears. I am using a hayden trans cooler and of course the 160 thermastat.
06-26-2009, 01:10 PM
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I am curious on best way to keep the car cool. I found I pretty much started overheating as I was cruising up the hills a last week. I do enjoy cruisin through the hills so want to figure out what I should do....
Currently I have full bolt ons, 3600 circle d converter, shift kit, level 4 flt tranny with 273 gears. I am using a hayden trans cooler and of course the 160 thermastat.
Currently I have full bolt ons, 3600 circle d converter, shift kit, level 4 flt tranny with 273 gears. I am using a hayden trans cooler and of course the 160 thermastat.
06-26-2009, 01:42 PM
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Agreed...is your front air dam good? May check your fans too...make sure they are kicking on at the right times and all.
I also got an SLP Fan Switch...I found a company that makes a switch bezel that sits inside the ashtray on my center console, and ran the fan switch there...did a little custom wiring, and you can never tell. They have a 2, 3, or 4 switch system and when you close the ashtray lid the switches are covered...open it and there they are. You cant use the ashtray anymore, but its a great way to hide the switches and not modify crap. Now if my car runs too hot for my liking...just flip a switch and the fans turn on full blast and cool the engine for me. Works great on hot as hell days, and at the track!
I also got an SLP Fan Switch...I found a company that makes a switch bezel that sits inside the ashtray on my center console, and ran the fan switch there...did a little custom wiring, and you can never tell. They have a 2, 3, or 4 switch system and when you close the ashtray lid the switches are covered...open it and there they are. You cant use the ashtray anymore, but its a great way to hide the switches and not modify crap. Now if my car runs too hot for my liking...just flip a switch and the fans turn on full blast and cool the engine for me. Works great on hot as hell days, and at the track!
06-26-2009, 01:43 PM
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everything is custom too. you can have them labled whatever you want, they light up, and they have different types of switched such as 3 position, rocker, on/off, etc. It looks great and works greeat!
06-26-2009, 01:50 PM
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I am curious on best way to keep the car cool. I found I pretty much started overheating as I was cruising up the hills a last week. I do enjoy cruisin through the hills so want to figure out what I should do....
Currently I have full bolt ons, 3600 circle d converter, shift kit, level 4 flt tranny with 273 gears. I am using a hayden trans cooler and of course the 160 thermastat.
Currently I have full bolt ons, 3600 circle d converter, shift kit, level 4 flt tranny with 273 gears. I am using a hayden trans cooler and of course the 160 thermastat.
06-26-2009, 06:03 PM
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Figured it was the converter heating up. I will have the fans checked, but they are set to turn on I believe at 1800 rpms. I was told by a buddy to see about a bypass to the tranny cooler, still gotta check on that. Just wanted to get some feedback.
You have your fans set to a specific RPM and not a specific tempature??? Trending Topics
06-26-2009, 06:07 PM
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I recently got a new Performabuilt and still run the 30k btu tranny cooler and my radiator cooler at the same time along with my 160* t-stat.. My car runs awesome and yours should too! Double check all that stuff!
06-27-2009, 03:27 PM
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Well fans were working, im going to change out the coolant and see how that goes.
06-28-2009, 04:08 AM
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I unscrewed the drain plug to flush out the radiator fluid and added a half gallon coolant and half gallon water and filled it from there. Then I added the other half gallon of coolant to the reservoir and it seemed I could have added a lot more. Hence the question above.