going to start putting my turbo sbc mustand together and i was wondering when people do a front mount turbo where do thay put the radiator and tranny cooler at.
post up pic if you have any so i can get idea's on how to set my car up.
Well I don't have turbo's but my Prochargers are front mounted and my car is 99% street driven. To save money I used Froozen Boost air to water heat exchangers for radiators and oil/transmission coolers.
Transmission cooler.
I have a total of three engine radiators. 2 x 12x 2 radiators either side of the blowers and one larger 26 x 7 x 3.5 above the blowers. The 12 x 2 radiators are ultra light. I can sit at 170 degs in traffic no problem with 2 x 10 fans on the 12" radiators.
Altogether they still weigh less than my old Be cool monster radiator and ultra heavy Procharger A/A intercooler...(car sits higher on it's springs even though the old set up had a 355 and this is a 406 SBC).
Old set up which still had cooling problems due to the intercooler being close to the radiator...
pretty much what went through my brain for a week. decided to say screw it and put a tank in the back. my deciding factor was that its not going to be fun worrying about the tranny temp, water temp, constantly shifting, worrying about somebody hitting me, ect. so its just going to be a drag car only.
How big of a turbo? I fabricated my own kit and fit a holset hx40 in between the alternator and fenderwell. Also ive seen plenty of builds with around 80mm turbos mounted sideways in front of the engine. I have an oversized aluminum radiator in the stock location with a 3" thick intercooler up front. Check the link in my sig for my build thread w/pics
Its 400ci with a BW S500SX4. The first pic with the front end of is with a Garrett 88mm. The radiator is a Griffin 31x19x3, fans are dual Spal 11", and the water pump is a Meziere 55gpm. It usually never gets above 180 even on a hot day. The key to mounting the radiator that low is the purge tank on the firewall to get all the air bubbles out.
Here is an older picture of our setup. Worked really well, especially with the dual fans pulling air through the radiator. But eventually, we did what Monson is stating. Ditched the radiator and integrated it into the intercooler, this is the best methood for an all out race car.
I hope to see more pic's of B-1Duster's setup. How does it do for street duty? Does tha cabin heat up at all. Being in az, I really don't want any extra heat entering the cabin. The ac I install is already going to struggle to keep the car somewhat reasonable it the hotter months.
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