MrMeanGreen Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 When I put my new radiator in, should I continue to run the lines through the radiator's internal cooler in tandem with my 50k GVW external cooler, or just straight through the exteral cooler alone? What are the advantages/disadvantages to either of these procedures? I'd *think* that running through both would provide extra cooling, but then again, taking the internal cooler outta the loop (and it's additional heat due to running via heated coolant) may be better. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Does your external cooler have a fan? An external with a fan is God's plenty (the set up I just switched to BTW, very happy with it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted June 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 No, it's mounted near my air dam. It's manual air flow. I don't have the room for an external fan with the supercharger/intercooling shit all over the place. I'd looked into it when I went with the extra cooling at inception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 think of it this way, its not gonna hurt anything so why not try to get it a cool as you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 I have mine ran through both, and it seems to be fine, I should no mine exact temps by the end of this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted June 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 My tranny temps stay right around 150* while cruising, and 180* stop & go traffic and WOT runs. I guess I'll run it through both then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillbot Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 think of it this way, its not gonna hurt anything so why not try to get it a cool as you can. I've been told to only run the aftermarket one. The stock one can get heat soak from the radiator so I'm gonna try disconnecting the stock one and see how it works on the aftermarket one alone. I'm also gonna move mine to where the ATI intercoolers mount, do a search on LS1 tech for "dope style" and you'll see pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 on my truck GM has it going through both so there must be a reason for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 bypass the radiator! the cooler you keep the trans the better! trans fuild temp limit is right around 175 -190, thats when it starts too break down! even a small fan will help keep the air moving across it in stop and go traffic! high stall converters will heat the fuild faster then anything, the smaller the converter, the bigger the cooler needs too be (me thinks you have that covered). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractor Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Yeah always run the fluid through both coolers. If you have a temp gauge on your system and feel that its running to cold you could remove one of them. High or low temps in the transmission can cause problems. That is why on late model cars you started to see them staying in there 1 to 1 gear for a time before bumping up into overdrive. This was to get the temps up in both the engine and the transmission. Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Right now, mine is running at about 175 in stop and go, thinking of just runing though a b&m with fan only, in the dope style mount. (search dopestyle on ls1tech.com) Oh and my collant temps are about 176. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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