Darn! I had the silicone bottle ready to go! =P I figured it has metal protective value and might change the boiling point of the water enough. My plans are foiled!
I am using the nice mechanical stock clutch fan that had no problems cooling the car before, the stock ...190?...degree thermostat which isnt that old (unless it is now sealed open with the radiator sealer). Radiator was a junkyard item but was the cleanest looking inside and out at the place.
Pure water should have ridicoulous temperature transfer capabilities, right? It should work better than 50/50. How does one burp a cooling system short of sticking the garden hose in the radiator.
So two crazy pete ideas...
1. Stack the coolers on top of eachother. Then half the radiator is uncovered. I dont know if I'll make the coolers useless then and make that half of the radiator useless. I was told to route through the stock radiator cooler and then into the aftermarket tru-cool 28k gvw and then back to the trans. I bypassed the radiator and used 2 tru-cools. I dont know if one tru-cool would be enough by itself. Are 2 28,000 gvw's crazy overkill?
2. I need a cabin heater anyway.... I could mount it in the cabin underneath the fresh air intake for the now missing blower core. That gets it's air from the cowl: where the wiper machinery is. Dont know if thats enough airflow to cool the transmission though. Might as well serve 2 useful purposes.
Dont know any other place to mount a cooler. I dont think the fenders recieve enough airflow....
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91 GT Carb conversion, holley 600 double pumper, edelbrock performer intake, FMS "C" drop springs, march 1000 underdrive pullies, crane 1.7 roller rockers, GT-40P headers, bassani x pipe, american thunder catback, FMS 4.56's, msd aL6, trunkmount battery, A/C eliminator kit, 3000 stall tci streetfighter, AOD with transgo kit, A+ servo, 300M hardened lockup shaft, kevlar bands and 28,000 gvw trans cooler, 3 core radiator, 300 lbs stripped with a full interior
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