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Yep in bumper to bumper traffic over the asphalt I have seen ambient sensor behind the grille in some of my vehicles read 115°F and more during the heat of the day.Plus he lives in hot as balls TX.
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Yep in bumper to bumper traffic over the asphalt I have seen ambient sensor behind the grille in some of my vehicles read 115°F and more during the heat of the day.Plus he lives in hot as balls TX.
They are worse than a truck for sure. You still do not see vans with electric fans from GM.Maybe van's don't have quite the airflow trucks do?
On a hot day in september of 2014. Pre oil cooler.
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A couple of days later still in the heat wave after swapping out the radiator for a 454/8.1 core and adding the oil cooler. Looks like they were taken about 70 miles apart. 85,95x vs 86,029. I ran almost all highway at the time to and from work. Funny that it appears that it used a needles width of gas, lol. For those always bashing my 18-19 mpg highway that I frequently observed as impossible. I think the first picture was probably a Saturday after working, swapped the radiator on a Sunday and the second picture was after my commute on a Monday. I was ~70 miles round trip everyday. Van got driven alot because the Titan got about 15 mpg on premium and the van would get 18-19 on 87.
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Definitely deleting the hoses. Alloy Works sells a four row radiator that it says "dramatically increases surface area" that enebles "the heat to dissipate 35 to 45% more efficently than stock" It has a transmission cooler and is $299
I run a 170°F thermostat. OE radiator was clean, just too small and thin to keep it cool. It ran hot from the time it had 13K on it and was a year old. The replacement had a 3" wider core that was 2x as thick. Dual core vs Single core.Are you sure the old radiator wasn't partially plugged? The after picture looks like it's running low, which is the way some GM gauges run.
Which airflow are you taking about, the AC condenser air flow? ThanksThey are worse than a truck for sure. You still do not see vans with electric fans from GM.
I found out all these years fighting airflow, the OEM condensor that was a solid 2" wide was a big culprit in the lack of airflow. Swapped a modern thinner micro tube parallel flow on it and instantly the fans are drawing 2x the airflow.
This is with 6,000 cfm worth of 16" Flexalite flex wave fans. Low/High speed OEM style 3 relay harness from BP Engineering. The fans move pretty good CFM even on low speed now.
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What did you have to do to get it to bolt on? Was the new one meant for another Chevy? I’ve got a 92 with a 5.7, would it fit on that? I just finished replacing my adapter gaskets and replaced the quick couplers with standard brass flare fittings. Just flared the AC Delco aluminum tubes. The radiator fittings I just replaced the O rings. No leaks!