Im wanting to get a new radiator for my car because its getting extremely hot sometimes.. i was looking at the mishimoto and saw its only made for manuals? so what can i do? anyone know of any nice radiators i can buy that also have a trans cooler in them for the automatics?

 

Just use a seperate trans cooler and get the mishimoto The trans coolers built into the radiator is usually just like a single line ran through the radiator - not to good at cooling a built tranny ;) Go for something like what i plan on running - one from hayden designed for cooling 22,000lb motor homes towing stuff

 

ya i got a seperate trans cooler but im still iffy.. lol my bay got so hot last night .. it was raining and there was smoke coming off my hood while i was driving cuz the hood was so hot..

 

damn thats pretty hot - do you ahve a sep water temp guage to monitor actualy water temp? (instead of hot/cold lol) I was looking at using a lower temp thermostat - i believe the one that comes with the supercharger is a 160 - just dont know where to find them

 

Also what are you using for fans? With the turbo youre running i assume you removed the stock fans and shroud correct?

 

nope .. got the stock fans still lol..

 

ahh ok Youre lucky than Does coolant temp seem high at all on the stock guage?

 

its usually below half all the time so.. why am i lucky? are stock fans good or no? im thinking i should put a slim fan infront of the radiator to help out

 

Stock fans are fine - youre just lucky youre turbo isnt trying to occupy the same space as them lol like mine adding another fan wont help much as your coolant temps seem fine - for some reason it seems your engine bay temps are high - what manifold are you using?

 

dezods new AAA stainless steel mani.. jet hot coated to... mayb i need a turbo blanket or something on the exhaust housing

 

hmm i used header wrap on my downpipe and i have a cast mani - no turbo blanket - and my engine bay never seem to get that hot

 

ya i dont got a cast mani ;/ i got my dp wrapped up.. mayb i got a mani leak or something

 

could be - see any carbon build up on anything? If you have a big exhaust leak you will most likely get a nice carbon buildup somewhere in the engine bay Also are you running an open wg dump or do you at least have a tube to take it out of the engine bay?

 

a have a dumptube .. its not to the ground tho its like halfway down lol

 

hmm that could be one source of heat - although itd be far from constant