Lets talk coolers.
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Lets talk coolers. On a M6 car:
Trans coolers- How would this work on a M6?
Diff coolers- What type of pump would be sutable seeing as how the viscosity of the oil is soooo high?
Oil coolers: This one I get, front mount unit by the rad. should work.
PS coolers: Is the factory SS cooler sufficient or would an add-on cooler help?
What is everyone running? I was looking at picking up another M6 LS1 for open road racing, if not possibly convert my SS to this type set-up.
Trans coolers- How would this work on a M6?
Diff coolers- What type of pump would be sutable seeing as how the viscosity of the oil is soooo high?
Oil coolers: This one I get, front mount unit by the rad. should work.
PS coolers: Is the factory SS cooler sufficient or would an add-on cooler help?
What is everyone running? I was looking at picking up another M6 LS1 for open road racing, if not possibly convert my SS to this type set-up.
Me 2.
I did read in GM Hightech performance about PS coolers.
http://www.gmhightechperformance.com...aro/index.html
Good mag by the way..
I did read in GM Hightech performance about PS coolers.
http://www.gmhightechperformance.com...aro/index.html
Good mag by the way..
check out the turnone powersteering pump. its not overboosted like the stock pump, so its more firm, it also is more efficient and free up a very small bit of power. you can also buy a cheap auto trans cooler from jegs or summit and put it on one of your power steering lines
check out the turnone powersteering pump. its not overboosted like the stock pump, so its more firm, it also is more efficient and free up a very small bit of power. you can also buy a cheap auto trans cooler from jegs or summit and put it on one of your power steering lines
Running the stock p/s pump, I have never had a problem with
fluid. This season will more of a test with the upgrade to 17x11's at the the corners.The addition of these coolers have had no measurable effect on the engine temps that I can tell. I have electric full sweep oil and water temp guages and have never seen the water above 200 really, maybe 205 at the most after succesive runs. Engine oil usually gets up to 190-220 after a series of runs.
I think the more serious guys run a water/oil cooler so the oil gets up to temp faster. Also when in grid with no air moving across the fins the water/oil cooler provides better cooling.
My set-up is probably not the ideal set-up, but it has been effective so far.
Chris
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