by silver » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:33 pm
[quote="DarthChicken"]
Lane, I think the problem with that setup is that its so expensive. And.. it won't fix the problem by itself, not by a long shot. When I took my setup apart the first time, I found that the hoses and pump were routed backwards. The Laminova tubes weren't in the optimal configuration (although some say it doesn't matter... but when something doesn't work right you better believe I read the manaul). And of course, the fact that there is no bleed port (so its impossible to bleed properly) up on the craptastic oil cooler facing the hot pavement with a tiny ass fan trying to keep up.
If you are serious about making power, either build a turbo setup (broken record) or go with the harrop, get all your plumbing fixed, and get a decent intercooler core into the wind. Adding water injection to the mix doesn't hurt either.
I'm running 80hp more than stock, and over 100ft lbs, on 92 octane pump gas with a catalytic converter in place. It's dead quiet (no issues at Laguna Seca), completely streetable (I've got 22k miles on my car), doesn't consume mufflers like they are candy (my muffler is still polished silver, hasn't even tarnished!) , and cost me less than $2k out of pocket (because I'm friends with a welder.. everybody should have a friend that can weld).
Yes, my entire setup cost less than the exhaust systems some of you are running and you're STILL overheating. :doh:
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Darth is right.....time to go turbo if you aren't happy, but, and there's always a BUTT, the people that really suffer from heatsoak are those in hot climates.
For example, my Delta for IAT1 and IAT2 is always around 40 degrees once it's hot....if I was in a 70-80 degree climate my IAT2 would be well below the heatsoak threashold, and I'd consider the problem "fixed" unfortunately In texas my IAT1's are coming in at 115 in the summer heat which pushes my IAT2 up to 155 thus heatsoak.
I'd need my delta to get down to around 5 -10 degrees to be able to run here in the summer and not worry about it.
[quote="DarthChicken"]
Lane, I think the problem with that setup is that its so expensive. And.. it won't fix the problem by itself, not by a long shot. When I took my setup apart the first time, I found that the hoses and pump were routed backwards. The Laminova tubes weren't in the optimal configuration (although some say it doesn't matter... but when something doesn't work right you better believe I read the manaul). And of course, the fact that there is no bleed port (so its impossible to bleed properly) up on the craptastic oil cooler facing the hot pavement with a tiny ass fan trying to keep up.
If you are serious about making power, either build a turbo setup (broken record) or go with the harrop, get all your plumbing fixed, and get a decent intercooler core into the wind. Adding water injection to the mix doesn't hurt either.
I'm running 80hp more than stock, and over 100ft lbs, on 92 octane pump gas with a catalytic converter in place. It's dead quiet (no issues at Laguna Seca), completely streetable (I've got 22k miles on my car), doesn't consume mufflers like they are candy (my muffler is still polished silver, hasn't even tarnished!) , and cost me less than $2k out of pocket (because I'm friends with a welder.. everybody should have a friend that can weld).
Yes, my entire setup cost less than the exhaust systems some of you are running and you're STILL overheating. :doh:
[/quote]
Darth is right.....time to go turbo if you aren't happy, but, and there's always a BUTT, the people that really suffer from heatsoak are those in hot climates.
For example, my Delta for IAT1 and IAT2 is always around 40 degrees once it's hot....if I was in a 70-80 degree climate my IAT2 would be well below the heatsoak threashold, and I'd consider the problem "fixed" unfortunately In texas my IAT1's are coming in at 115 in the summer heat which pushes my IAT2 up to 155 thus heatsoak.
I'd need my delta to get down to around 5 -10 degrees to be able to run here in the summer and not worry about it.