brett5

ok i have one ordered from ebay on its way and i looked at the how to's and it seems pretty simple. i just want to know if i'm going to need extra hoses or someothing to re route the first h/e to the second h/e...or is the stock set up pretty simple to just re route i'm sure i'll figure it out once i have the bumper off..i just want ot know what i may need to buy...i looked at all the how to's for bioth heat exchanger...and it seems the on;y thing missing is some brackets and a rubber hose am i right or am i missing some stuff

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invisible

There is no need to take you're bumper off and yes, it is real easy to route the hose. I would get atleast 8ft of hose though.

brett5

ok cool thanks man

DoMiStIc_RuSh_06

iTrader: (1)

It is alot easier to take off the bumper. I did. You have to cut a piece out of your bumper beam to get the filler cap up so that it doesnt hang low and get hit on anything. So I suggest that its better to be safe than sorry. Do it right the first time and take the bumper off!!

Jerren

phatnackySS

work smarter not harder..take the bumper off, give your self some room to work and see what your doing.

brett5

ok another question how much of a difference can i expect to see.any gains ups and down falls... what am i really getting out of this?i know the IAT's will run colder but will i notice a differecne in the way the car runs

DoMiStIc_RuSh_06

iTrader: (1)

I didnt really notice much of a difference wit mine. I haven't had a way to check and see how much cooer my iat temps are either. Then again, the warmest its been here is 19 degrees celcius.

M-Dub

You will notice about what everyone else does... a 15-30* drop in IAT2* other than that there is no real performance increase!

stangthang

Has anyone thought about putting a water temp gauge on this system to see how the temps really change??

M-Dub

And some basic supplys for ya... 8-10' of hose, 8- 1" hose clamps, and lots of time and patience, getting everyrthing filled back up and getting all the air out of the system.

I used a mixture of distilled water, and dexcool in mine well Cobra but same thing. (about 70% water/ 30% dexcool)

SS_45

Speaking of Temp drop, on the coolant temp monitor, summer time its in the 180F - 183F range, thats with the stock radiator. What temp reading is any one getting suring summer days or any time ?

M-Dub

THat has nothing to do with your H/E coolant! I never go above 182* ever!

Mss26

thats engine coolant i assume you know... the intercooler is different.. i'd tell you what my engine coolant is but it's celcuis and i'm too lazy to convert

invisible

It won't change with the bigger Heat Exchanger cause when it gets to a certain degree, you're thermostat opens and cools it until it gets back down. So you're coolant temp will always stay at about the same.
180ish is very normal.

brett5

so all in all its pretty simple to just put this thing in there.a couple hoses and some mounting right?that dosen't seem to bad.time consuming but not complicated

invisible

Yea it's pretty easy but getting the hoses off is a BIG BITCH!

brett5

thats what i hear but i also heard some of the redline guys where having problems with there intercooler pump taking a **** on them after putting a second h/e in any one else have any problems?

M-Dub

THe hoses suck ass.... they use those damn crazy GM clamps, and the things to grab on to are facing up not down....

Make sure you take the time to get all the air out of the system, that is the biggest issue, air in the system means the fluid is flowing properly!

I actually filled my H/E before installing it so it made it less of a hassle to get all the air out!

brett5

any pump problems that you've heard of so far?

M-Dub

Nah, I haven't had any issues, but I have the cobra, it's not near as big as the CXR....

invisible

Nor have I, It did take about three days to get all the air out of the system though.
M-Dub, how the hell did you fill it up without taking a bath in coolant?

M-Dub

I plugged the holes up after I filled it up..... gotta' be smarter than the H/E

brett5

ha what did you use silicon?

M-Dub

Nah, just some rags and a hose clamp untill we got it in place!