What are the best items to use to keep the engine cool and what are the best brands? Right now I have a injen CAI.

 

Hood scoop. Of course a CF or FB hood with one not just a stick on one.

 

coolant temps? or cooling the intake charge?

as far as coolant temps, water wetter has always worked like a champ for me. in my BMW, i ran just water wetter and distilled water for a long time. kept that hot running m10 cool.

as far as intake... that's about all one can do, other than maybe meth injection. or taking apart the head and coating the intake runners.

 

I was thinking the meth injector, what's the best brand out there?

 

no not needed on ur 2.4...just ur injen cai is the best thing for coolin the car down...the ecotecs do get hott.

 

Yea, even with the intake I see the collant around 196 usually.

 

which is normal...

while turboed, im seeing 230+ when i get done with the burnout/1/4 mile.

 

Also, what about items that cool the tranny? Cause I have an auto tranny. I thought I saw a thread with this stuff earlier today but I can't find it now.

 

You're not gonna need any extra cooling if you're running a stock car

 

Would it help performance or just do nothing?

 

they do make trans coolers. basically, on most auto cars, there is a line where the ATF passes through the rad for some cooling. the after market coolers take the place of that, but have a lot more cooling ability.

 

You wont gain performance from cooling a stock n/a car

 

i have tranny cooler on my car..due to the tune im runnin on my car

 

Would I need a tranny cooler since I'm buying a B&M Shiftplus?

 

no but it wouldnt hurt to buy one anyway....the stock tranny cooler doesnt work that well get one off ebay for about 10-60 bucks depending on wat u like

 

i mean if ur gonna up the stages on that kit..yes i would. i logged my car before and after the cooler....total difference. when doing WOT runs before tranny got really hot and had some slippage...after tranny cooler made tranny go up like 2* and no slip..it was a good 50dolllar mod

 

What's a good brand to get?

 

i have a permacooled tranny cooler..if uwant the link let me know

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

 

hayden

 

remove the hood (joke of course)