LS1 power steering cooler
12-15-2004, 11:24 AM
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12-15-2004, 02:09 PM
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Re: LS1 power steering cooler
Thanks. I found that one on a search. But the LS1 cooler looks like the way to go and you can pick them up for $30ish. I know someone has to be running the LS1 PS cooler.....
12-18-2004, 11:15 AM
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Re: LS1 power steering cooler
I am running the LS1 p/s cooler.
It mounts in the driverside rad hose.
I got one with the hoses and p/s lines on it.
The cooler is marked as to the direction of flow rad/engine side.
You have to remove the LT1 return line from the rack and cut the swaged clamp near the center of the rack so you can remove the hardline part of the LT1 p/s retun hose.
Install the LS1 line from the LT1 rack to the cooler.
Buy a length of p/s hose and a barbed hose fitting.
Connect the output from the cooler to the Lt1 retun line with the barbed fitting.
Clamp everything and get some black split loom to protect the hose.
The cooler is a little long and you have to very carefully cut the rad hose into two correct lenghts. The fit is not great but it works ok.
Ls1 hose might work better since it has a better bend to it. I used the Lt1 hose because it came with my HiMiler kit. Problem area is the bend on the drivers side of the rad it wants to pinch down.
It has worked for 1000 miles, might have slightly increased the engine temp, not sure about that might be the sensor seeing some heat from the headers.
Z28
It mounts in the driverside rad hose.
I got one with the hoses and p/s lines on it.
The cooler is marked as to the direction of flow rad/engine side.
You have to remove the LT1 return line from the rack and cut the swaged clamp near the center of the rack so you can remove the hardline part of the LT1 p/s retun hose.
Install the LS1 line from the LT1 rack to the cooler.
Buy a length of p/s hose and a barbed hose fitting.
Connect the output from the cooler to the Lt1 retun line with the barbed fitting.
Clamp everything and get some black split loom to protect the hose.
The cooler is a little long and you have to very carefully cut the rad hose into two correct lenghts. The fit is not great but it works ok.
Ls1 hose might work better since it has a better bend to it. I used the Lt1 hose because it came with my HiMiler kit. Problem area is the bend on the drivers side of the rad it wants to pinch down.
It has worked for 1000 miles, might have slightly increased the engine temp, not sure about that might be the sensor seeing some heat from the headers.
Z28
12-18-2004, 05:23 PM
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Re: LS1 power steering cooler
Originally Posted by Z28barnett
I am running the LS1 p/s cooler.
It mounts in the driverside rad hose.
I got one with the hoses and p/s lines on it.
The cooler is marked as to the direction of flow rad/engine side.
You have to remove the LT1 return line from the rack and cut the swaged clamp near the center of the rack so you can remove the hardline part of the LT1 p/s retun hose.
Install the LS1 line from the LT1 rack to the cooler.
Buy a length of p/s hose and a barbed hose fitting.
Connect the output from the cooler to the Lt1 retun line with the barbed fitting.
Clamp everything and get some black split loom to protect the hose.
The cooler is a little long and you have to very carefully cut the rad hose into two correct lenghts. The fit is not great but it works ok.
Ls1 hose might work better since it has a better bend to it. I used the Lt1 hose because it came with my HiMiler kit. Problem area is the bend on the drivers side of the rad it wants to pinch down.
It has worked for 1000 miles, might have slightly increased the engine temp, not sure about that might be the sensor seeing some heat from the headers.
Z28
It mounts in the driverside rad hose.
I got one with the hoses and p/s lines on it.
The cooler is marked as to the direction of flow rad/engine side.
You have to remove the LT1 return line from the rack and cut the swaged clamp near the center of the rack so you can remove the hardline part of the LT1 p/s retun hose.
Install the LS1 line from the LT1 rack to the cooler.
Buy a length of p/s hose and a barbed hose fitting.
Connect the output from the cooler to the Lt1 retun line with the barbed fitting.
Clamp everything and get some black split loom to protect the hose.
The cooler is a little long and you have to very carefully cut the rad hose into two correct lenghts. The fit is not great but it works ok.
Ls1 hose might work better since it has a better bend to it. I used the Lt1 hose because it came with my HiMiler kit. Problem area is the bend on the drivers side of the rad it wants to pinch down.
It has worked for 1000 miles, might have slightly increased the engine temp, not sure about that might be the sensor seeing some heat from the headers.
Z28
01-02-2005, 06:00 PM
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Re: LS1 power steering cooler
Why not use the tranny cooler section of a A4 radiator for a power steering cooler? It would be the same thing as the LS1 cooler, but simpler and less cluttered in the engine bay.
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01-04-2005, 02:56 PM
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Re: LS1 power steering cooler
I have a factory 6spd, no A4 cooler on the rad.
Buy a new rad for $30, I don't think so.
Ls1 cooler is about the size of a medium flashlight, what clutter?
Have you ever looked at an LS1 Cooler?
Buy a new rad for $30, I don't think so.
Ls1 cooler is about the size of a medium flashlight, what clutter?
Have you ever looked at an LS1 Cooler?
01-04-2005, 08:18 PM
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Re: LS1 power steering cooler
Sounded like a good idea to me! Also doesnt add all that extra weight! Yes, and thats sarcasm. And yes Ive seen a LS1 cooler. You were the one who mentioned the fact that it doesnt fit very well. I just wondered seeing I had a A4 radiator in my car right now.
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