You may have definitely motivated me to do the trunnion upgrade . . . maybe on the 524, when I get back to it . . .
On the cooling note, it seems that out front, or with frontal exposure is always the answer. Modern cars, using obvious answers like the Corvette and Camaro as examples, stuff a million coolers into the frontal areas. Anywhere else, even with a fan, seems to be a fairly short-term solution (like drifter setups in the trunk), especially if you don't want to hear a fan blasting all the time. Desert racers with bed-mounted radiators and multiple giant fans may disagree . . .
Since my Falcon had a ton of space in front of the engine, I was able to fill that space with coolers (to good effect so far, including in super-hot weather). There is a tranny cooler in front of the radiator support; there is an engine oil cooler behind the bumper (cut out and grilled in the middle). Behind the support is obviously the 31x12x4 intercooler. Somewhere in front of the engine/front chassis crossmember is the stock C4 power steering cooler, which seems to work pretty good so far (one autocross in staggering heat).
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Originally Posted by hackster
Finally got around to installing this bad ass Turn One Power steering pump and billet pulley.
The only snafu so far is the BTR kit shorted me snap rings for the trunions. They sent them out overnight to me but when they showed up they were the wrong ones so waiting on those still.
I did measure for pushrods and they were correct at 7.400 so got those and 15 of 16 rocker arms installed.
I had a hand this weekend from my nephew and Asher, always nice to have a hand. Thanks dudes.
Looking forward to getting this thing back together, should be pretty potent.
Question for you road racers, what are you doing for oil coolers and where are you mounting them? Any links or pics would be awesome.
Sean |