Part 1 Radiator cooling

Radiator support - you can see my notes on the bumper as to the final location of the hood latch point


It all fits!
Full size radiator, factory fans, and AC with just a touch to spare the factory hood will close. What you can not see is where I tucked the oil cooler and trans cooler...

 

Part 2 non engine radiator cooling

AFT cooler is tucked under the car. A scoop / shield will be made once this setup proves its worth.
In this location it will not restict flow to the FMIC and main radiator.


Tucking the engine oil cooler int the front bumber / fender area keeps the FMIC and main radiator free of restriction as well. The 11"x11" cooler with 10" 800CFM fan controlled by the second fan relay and PCM will keep the pan warming exhaust pipes at bay. The cooler is mounted very firmly and is not goin anywere.


10AN and 1/2" NPT in and out of every part will keep the oil flow moving.
The Remote spin on filter makes oil changes easy and get the filter away from the header and Y-pipe combo of death.
The 2in 2out oil filter ports let the turbo get a nice cool direct feed from the filter via 1/2" port to 4AN line.

 

Why?!!!

the pic does not do justice to how far it was off.
in the end relocating the waste gate in the empty space
above and behind the pipes will work better.
All the vacuum / boost lines will not be clocked twards the hot exhaust pipes
and the waste gate will not be 1/2" from the driver side fan
Also not how close the gate is to the radiator tray!!


This pic was taken right after we slid the motor in.
The boss said "that looks tight, slide the radiator in and lets have a look."
If a picture is worth a 1000 words....
Then about 999 of the words from this pic would be F#$%!
Everything was off, Nothing would fit.
This is just the radiator! No fans, No Ac, just sitting on the factory radiator support.


I can't wait to run into PTK at SEMA or PRI.

 

Wow, things are looking great! I can't wait to see the car this week.

 

I've been gone for almost a month, any more progress?

Jody J.

 

bunch of parts on order

-mached up gauges,
-finished up oil system minus two AN fitings on order
-valve covers out for TIG
-hood latch functional
-acceltronic fueler installed

TADout

 

Cool, thanks for the update

 

wow. all this ork to make a bolt in kit fit. ha ah aha i was looking forward to this kit working. great work you do there. im very very impressed i hope it turns out great.

 

Definitely not a bolt in kit like advertised. Seems like a **** ton of work ... it should make good power in the end though.

 

The kit includes 2 fans that have to be mounted in front of the radiator/ac radiator, I'm also installing this kit in the other side of the world (Ecuador), I have a thread with some pics of the install here:

http://www.ls1lt1.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12791

 

We didn't want to go with pusher fans because this is a street car that lives in the warm Southern California weather. We didn't think those would be up to task.

I'll have to check out your link.

 

Great link!!!

 

Thanks

 

And what do you have in mind to keep this cool beast, hmmmm... cooler?

 

We are keeping the stock fans and putting in BeCool's most badass radiator for our cars. It is pretty much impossible to find without knowing the part number.

That radiator was a large chunk of change, but I don't want to chance it since the car will also see some road race duty.