SUX2BU

Well, i finally got my truck running so i'll post up some pics. I still have a few things left (methanol install, tuning, waste gate outlet to exhaust). But i'm actually driving it now so i'm happy. It's taken me 7 weeks to get this far, 60 hours a week, 15 hours at school and modding Wii's has only let me work on the truck about 3-4 hours a week. Some details are it's a KB racing log, stock driver side manifold, TiAL 50mm blowoff valve, TiAL F46 wastegate, T-76 ball bearing Turbonetics turbo, big ass intercooler, Eboost 2. At first i had just welded the 3.5" down pipe to the stock catback to get it running, but with cut outs closed it felt to restrictive and open it was way too loud, so i bought a Magnaflow and some pipe. came out pretty good, i think.

That pic was mid install, fans go on just like normal.

So i finally got around to installing my 40,000 GVW Tru Cool transmission cooler. I put it after my radiator because this is such an efficient cooler that if mounted up front like most people do my tranny would run at about 150* and that's a little too cool for me. Plus mounting it after everything i'll get better A/C performance and my motor will run quite a bit cooler, since i by passed the stock radiator in tank transmission cooler and removed the front auxiliary cooler. Tranny temps before were about 200* and coolant was about 189* with about 103* ambient temps in stop and go driving. After temps with about 102* ambient temp stop and go driving were about tranny 180* and coolant 177*. Stock auxiliary cooler Tru-Cool 40,000 GVW cooler.

Don't think so. i hang with folks off of LS2 and DFWstangs mostly.

Yeah the whole RKC crowd is pretty retarded. I have a few friends that go to that meet so i went to hang out for a bit, since i start classes again next week. Not really i try to stay away from LG. Met Lou a few times, he seemed ok, reminded me of my friend John Ipolido. Speaking of LG, just today they charged my friend $95 or so to look at his car to try to figure out why it was misfiring. They couldn't figure it out and said they needed more time with it. I fixed it in 10 min. LOL.

Just noticed you're in Wylie. I'm in Sachse. You going to the RCK meet?

Give them a few minutes. Highway punch Warm idle

Did something VERY similar years ago on my SS. Hell that type of set up is even called the "SUX2BU ram air" set up over on LS1Tech. Lots of people laughed but i laughed last when i swapped my fast toys ram air for this ram air. I added about 120 lbs in rollbar, re installed the A/C ands still dropped a tenth and gained 1 mph.

Jeez who peed in your cheerios?

I didn't mean check book racer as an insult. Some people don't like to get dirty and just pay someone to do all their mods for them. I prefer to do everything myself and as cheap as possible so i can spend the cash on other mods. My truck is tuned for the fans to come on sooner ans i know all about closed loop, and an engine's best operating temperature. What you have to understand is I'm in Texas and have a 6,000 lb SUV with a 3200 stall that see's 90% stop and go traffic with the A/C blasting on max at all times. So the 95* air first goes through my tranny cooler (which is working overtime with this stall, got my 40k on the way), then gets heated even more gouing through the condenser and my radiator also has the two coolers in it on either tank (primary tranny cooler on passenger side and the oil cooler on the drivder's side). So my radiator see's ALOT of heat. With a modded stock thermostat (should be equivilent to about a 180* thermostat) ny temps were at 210* at night. With no thermostat they are at 200* in the middle of the day and about 190* at night. I know that taking out the thermostat may over cool the engine, but that is not a problem in my case. I constantly have my Tech 2 hooked up to it monitering my IAT's, engine and tranny temps. So i really do know what i'm doing. And i really don't mean to sound like an ass, or anything. I just like gettting into debates about car stuff.