Turbo heat management ideas
09-04-2012, 02:59 PM
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Also, the only way if found to over heat my truck was either in some icky mud or a ton of playing in the pasture where im not moving alot but turning high rpms and my fans hadnt kicked on yet.. it got up to 235 and trans hit 210.. fans kicked on and i popped the hood and it took a few min to cool down..
09-04-2012, 03:00 PM
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i run a borgwarner s300 60mm on my 5.3, i run 12psi all day, tow 7500lb enclosed trailer 250 miles to a race one way, pull 6-8 degree inclines, my water temp will climb on a 6% grade that is 7-8 miles long to about 225*, intake temps sit at 110 with a 31x11x3 ebay intercooler and two trans coolers stacked infront of it. i also run the stock thermostat. no methonal. rolling on 23" rims too
maybe look at the turbo. people tell me that my 60mm is too small all the time, but you can compare a cheap masterpower junk turbo to a garett or borgwarner. the better 60mm will outperform the cheap 76mm's all day.
maybe look at the turbo. people tell me that my 60mm is too small all the time, but you can compare a cheap masterpower junk turbo to a garett or borgwarner. the better 60mm will outperform the cheap 76mm's all day.
whats the exhaust housing/wheel dia on it?
05-04-2017, 08:21 AM
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bringin this back from the dead!
I've had my build finished for almost a year with no problems (save a 4l80e tailshaft housing) and it never got hotter than 210*F except when running A/C. I recently took my turbo RCSB down to tail of the dragon (bike and stuff in back) and she got real toasty in the mountains on the drive home up to about 230-235*F on some of the real long uphill straights. This was converter locked up cruising at about 70 the whole way, manifold pressure around 8inhg vacuum
Some specs on the setup are;
bone stock 5.3L oil pan to valve covers
on3 7875
4l80e with 2800 circle d stall
flex fuel conversion
stock 28" radiator (i know i know not good)
ls1 efans
tru cool 40k trans cooler
huge ebay 4" core intercooler
fully heat wrapped hot side and turbo blanket
I'm thinking I need to just bite the bullet and get a 34" rad and the big truck efans. The truck has about 150k on it, so I was planning on doing a water pump and a 180*F thermostat as well when I put in my LS6 cam. Just wondering if anyone else if running into problems like this, maybe when towing or in real hot climates
I've had my build finished for almost a year with no problems (save a 4l80e tailshaft housing) and it never got hotter than 210*F except when running A/C. I recently took my turbo RCSB down to tail of the dragon (bike and stuff in back) and she got real toasty in the mountains on the drive home up to about 230-235*F on some of the real long uphill straights. This was converter locked up cruising at about 70 the whole way, manifold pressure around 8inhg vacuum
Some specs on the setup are;
bone stock 5.3L oil pan to valve covers
on3 7875
4l80e with 2800 circle d stall
flex fuel conversion
stock 28" radiator (i know i know not good)
ls1 efans
tru cool 40k trans cooler
huge ebay 4" core intercooler
fully heat wrapped hot side and turbo blanket
I'm thinking I need to just bite the bullet and get a 34" rad and the big truck efans. The truck has about 150k on it, so I was planning on doing a water pump and a 180*F thermostat as well when I put in my LS6 cam. Just wondering if anyone else if running into problems like this, maybe when towing or in real hot climates