Chevy1925 (James) Truck/motor build
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Radiator ordered from Mr. Engineer and new dorman body mounts on the way. its a Ron Davis 2 row, dual pass. Trans heat exchanger will move to the driver side and both inlet and outlet will move to the pass side.
going to need to reroute my upper radiator hose to the pass side, extend my trans lines to driver side, and im sure tweak a few other things. excited to drop that bad boy in! :woott::woott:
going to need to reroute my upper radiator hose to the pass side, extend my trans lines to driver side, and im sure tweak a few other things. excited to drop that bad boy in! :woott::woott:
Radiator ordered from Mr. Engineer and new dorman body mounts on the way. its a Ron Davis 2 row, dual pass. Trans heat exchanger will move to the driver side and both inlet and outlet will move to the pass side.
going to need to reroute my upper radiator hose to the pass side, extend my trans lines to driver side, and im sure tweak a few other things. excited to drop that bad boy in! :woott::woott:
Sweet! How much doll hairs?
It wasn't cheap. $1500. Plus the fact I'll need a van thermostat housing, upper rad hose and then 200 in fittings and hose for the trans lines.
It was either that or 2500 to swap the cooling stack to a lbz. Even then, it wouldn't offer as much cooling as this rad.... at least on paper that is.
It was either that or 2500 to swap the cooling stack to a lbz. Even then, it wouldn't offer as much cooling as this rad.... at least on paper that is.
I'll melt an engine before I ever pull over on camp Verde hill
:rofl: :rofl:
Worked on the old girl some today. Radiator install will have to wait till I get my van thermostat housing reoriented, some lines and a top rad hose.
So once we are headed on a trip next weekend. I swapped all the body mounts out to the Dorman mounts. Then pulled the lower control arms, pressed out the old bushings and put in the energy suspension urethane ones I've had for almost a year
I'd say they were shot
New ones in
Also replaced the pass side ball joint, it was finally showing some slop and I had one on the shelf knowing it would be coming due at some point.
As I was tearing down, I noticed the sway bar end links had blown the bushings out so new links went in too
The lca bushings are quiet which I like. Couldn't say I felt any difference. The body mounts are so much nicer. Back to a quiet interior again.
So once we are headed on a trip next weekend. I swapped all the body mounts out to the Dorman mounts. Then pulled the lower control arms, pressed out the old bushings and put in the energy suspension urethane ones I've had for almost a year
I'd say they were shot
New ones in
Also replaced the pass side ball joint, it was finally showing some slop and I had one on the shelf knowing it would be coming due at some point.
As I was tearing down, I noticed the sway bar end links had blown the bushings out so new links went in too
The lca bushings are quiet which I like. Couldn't say I felt any difference. The body mounts are so much nicer. Back to a quiet interior again.
I can't keep sway bar bushings in my vehicals for nothing it seems like. I've just quit doing them although the clunk it makes after they are missing drives me nuts too.
Are the Dorman mounts an updated version that help with the beaming? I don't have much issues with that since I moved out of socal other then on one long overpass in town.
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Are the Dorman mounts an updated version that help with the beaming? I don't have much issues with that since I moved out of socal other then on one long overpass in town.
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Picked this little guy up today..... well not so little in the back of the tracker
OOOHHH.... I neeed to come over and see this! Nate and I were discussing this for the past few days as to what we were gonna do.
I have been meaning to talk to mike about removing the trans cooling from the radiator and just running a larger trans cooler with fan. Trans temps never seem to be a problem... They only seem to suffer because they have to follow the coolant temps when they rise because its absorbing heat from the radiator instead of the radiator helping it cool. lol
But we plan on trying out a few ideas.
These have been the longest lasting end links I've had. They are napas and lifetime warranty. My lift destroys these too. With torsion bars I could run without them and still have decent cornering. Not with coilovers now lol. Took a drive up to napa to get new ones with no links and you would have thought it was a trophy truck with all the body roll.
I have no idea on the dormans helping with beaming. I'll find out when I take it out for a longer drive.
Well with mikes cooler, even with coolant temps at 240*, trans temp never went over 205-210. I wouldn't bypass the rad.
No idea. Box didn't have one and I bought them from tomac. They are energy suspension's though.
James what did that radiator cost? I looked around on there site and could find anything for diesels. Does it look like it's going to make a big difference?
I bought it through coolertowing.com. Joe is a local and goes by engineer(and some numbers) on diesel place. He makes quite a few options for cooling these trucks down while towing heavy in AZ heat. Ron Davis builds them for him. Is cheaper to go through Joe as well as I found out lol.
He makes an aux radiator that goes below the cooling stack that I would have used but my bumper and oil cooler won't give me the room for one. I was afraid of just throwing a Ron Davis replacement in and not getting any results so after talking with Ron, he suggested a dual pass to try. He says it generally adds about 20% more cooling that way. Add in the fact the fun design and cores add 20% over the stock rad, I think I'm doing well. Emailed Joe and he agreed it would be a good idea to try. Took about 6 weeks from start to finish.
It was 1500 for this radiator but I'll be 1800-1900 in it total after the van bridge and re-orienting it to point to the pass side, upper rad hose, and extended trans lines. Not cheap but it's high quality, Ron stands behind his stuff and it's USA made. I'll get some pics of the rad when I pull it out. Don't want to do that till I mm ready for install
He makes an aux radiator that goes below the cooling stack that I would have used but my bumper and oil cooler won't give me the room for one. I was afraid of just throwing a Ron Davis replacement in and not getting any results so after talking with Ron, he suggested a dual pass to try. He says it generally adds about 20% more cooling that way. Add in the fact the fun design and cores add 20% over the stock rad, I think I'm doing well. Emailed Joe and he agreed it would be a good idea to try. Took about 6 weeks from start to finish.
It was 1500 for this radiator but I'll be 1800-1900 in it total after the van bridge and re-orienting it to point to the pass side, upper rad hose, and extended trans lines. Not cheap but it's high quality, Ron stands behind his stuff and it's USA made. I'll get some pics of the rad when I pull it out. Don't want to do that till I mm ready for install
Thanks for the info I need to do something with my stuff way to many Mtn passes/big rolling hills here and tired of the 230+240 temps pulling traiers.
The auxiliary is almost not much less than the radiator I wonder witch way is the better route with a stock bumper front end?
The auxiliary is almost not much less than the radiator I wonder witch way is the better route with a stock bumper front end?
finally drove the truck into work today. 100 times better than the poly's and definitely nicer than the old body mounts. truck is quiet, smooth and i dont notice much beaming but our highways arent all that bad. im taking the truck on a trip to vegas this weekend for my moms birthday, there is a nasty stretch of highway just before the casinos that this truck beams horribly on. we will see how she does friday
finally drove the truck into work today. 100 times better than the poly's and definitely nicer than the old body mounts. truck is quiet, smooth and i dont notice much beaming but our highways arent all that bad. im taking the truck on a trip to vegas this weekend for my moms birthday, there is a nasty stretch of highway just before the casinos that this truck beams horribly on. we will see how she does friday
I know the section. 215 between 95 and 15. Mine feels like it's going for altitude through that part of town.