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While working with a tech to install a MagnaCharger on my 04, we discussed the heating issue.. He suggested we install a 160 degree thermostat and a more efficient aftermarket fan setup.
Picked up the car (truck, streetrod, supersexy roadster, et al) Monday and drove to Napa, Calif., which is about 75 miles from Sacramento. Weather was not bad, around 90 in Sacramento and cooler in Napa. At freeway speeds of 70-80 mph, temperature never got over what I would consider 180 degree's. In traffic, in Napa, I noticed that the temperature got up to about 200 degree's and the low speed fan came on. He has the low speed fan coming on at 193 degree's. I am not certain where he set up the high speed to come on. But the bottom line is that I have not seen 210 degree's on the gauge since installing the new fans! I do need to find out where he set the fan temperatures and will do so on Monday/Tuesday as we set the shift points too close to the rev limiter and I am certain you all know what that means.... Kind of an embarrassing sound when you hit the rev limiter with a supercharger pulling amost 350 hp!
The fan setup he used is a "Spal" dual 11" Fan w/shroud. He used a "Be Cool" Hanger kit - "Be Cool" Cross Support Brackets and two "Spal" Weather Proof Relay Kits.
I do notice the low speed fan is a tad noisier than that OEM fan and that probably only pertains to the low speed fan as it has not gotten hot enough yet to activate the high speed. My tech told me that while dynoing and tuning (sitting motionless) in his shop it was around 85-88 degree's ambient and the high speed fan never did come on!!!
Right now with running 4:56 gears (Thanks Jim G.), and the Magnacharger, DynaTech Headers with dual cats, the Dyno Dynamics Dynamometer indicates that rear wheel horsepower is 349.6 at just a shade over 5600 rpm. Best torque reading was pretty flat between 3500 and 4500 rpm, with max at 4,000. That compares to about 237 hp stock with the 4:56 gears and OEM exhaust.
I have not had the time to do any time/speed checking yet I can tell you that this baby flat hauls a$$ now. The sound that MagnaCharger makes when you get on it almost sends chills down your back. I am really interested to see what 0-60 speed runs will produce! My gut would be low to mid 5's!
After feeling the torque my next stop will be a good transmission shop and perhaps even a new muffler or two....
Picked up the car (truck, streetrod, supersexy roadster, et al) Monday and drove to Napa, Calif., which is about 75 miles from Sacramento. Weather was not bad, around 90 in Sacramento and cooler in Napa. At freeway speeds of 70-80 mph, temperature never got over what I would consider 180 degree's. In traffic, in Napa, I noticed that the temperature got up to about 200 degree's and the low speed fan came on. He has the low speed fan coming on at 193 degree's. I am not certain where he set up the high speed to come on. But the bottom line is that I have not seen 210 degree's on the gauge since installing the new fans! I do need to find out where he set the fan temperatures and will do so on Monday/Tuesday as we set the shift points too close to the rev limiter and I am certain you all know what that means.... Kind of an embarrassing sound when you hit the rev limiter with a supercharger pulling amost 350 hp!
The fan setup he used is a "Spal" dual 11" Fan w/shroud. He used a "Be Cool" Hanger kit - "Be Cool" Cross Support Brackets and two "Spal" Weather Proof Relay Kits.
I do notice the low speed fan is a tad noisier than that OEM fan and that probably only pertains to the low speed fan as it has not gotten hot enough yet to activate the high speed. My tech told me that while dynoing and tuning (sitting motionless) in his shop it was around 85-88 degree's ambient and the high speed fan never did come on!!!
Right now with running 4:56 gears (Thanks Jim G.), and the Magnacharger, DynaTech Headers with dual cats, the Dyno Dynamics Dynamometer indicates that rear wheel horsepower is 349.6 at just a shade over 5600 rpm. Best torque reading was pretty flat between 3500 and 4500 rpm, with max at 4,000. That compares to about 237 hp stock with the 4:56 gears and OEM exhaust.
I have not had the time to do any time/speed checking yet I can tell you that this baby flat hauls a$$ now. The sound that MagnaCharger makes when you get on it almost sends chills down your back. I am really interested to see what 0-60 speed runs will produce! My gut would be low to mid 5's!
After feeling the torque my next stop will be a good transmission shop and perhaps even a new muffler or two....