Going for a new radiator

Andreas

Andreas

New member
I've been looking in the summit catalog for an alu radiator.
Does anyone have HP estimate when the stock rad isn't enough. yeah its depends on how heavy your foot is, but say for a day at the strip.

You which have put a new alu.rad into your truck did you go with a separate engine oil cooler, or just been fine with out it. (read just one post about that)

Did you go with a rad without tranny cooler, and just extend the cooling capacity of the extra tranny cooler, that I hope everyone has ;)

The one I've been looking at are the rad for V8 conversion.
It hasn't got any HP rating. Its 0,75" thinner than the Be cool rad thats rated 1000hp with electric fan (must be one hell of a fan)

Anyways, the summit fan costs under half what the Be Cool costs.
Anyone up for a guess in HP handling of the Summit rad?

http://store.summitracing.com/partd...400304+4294908216+4294924927+115&autoview=sku

Heres the BeCool one
http://store.summitracing.com/partd...924927+4294810996+4294907469+115&autoview=sku


Thanks

/Andreas
 
jjorgensen52

jjorgensen52

NHSTE - I'm the only one!
Re: Going for a new radiator

I am running 492 hp through my stock radiator with both coolers still hooked up (auxilary on trans). I haven't had it to the strip yet, but with the efan and the 160* thermostat I haven't seen temps above 175 unless I am really beating it. Also, I would highly suggest an oil cooler... I've got a gauge on my oil temp (coming out of the pump) because I'm worried about the stock lower end in this app, and with the cooler I've driven and boost launched the truck on 95+ degree days without getting oil temps over 185* . As soon as the cooler stopped being effective (that is, the fan stopped running), I had oil temps into the 220* range...
 
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