got this from cx racing, ($150 shipped from ebay store!) i bought a real nice 4 core radiator from them a few years ago for my 94gt and the quality was top notch. so i bought their universal HE002 heat exchanger and installed it last night. i have plans of running a batter box coolant tank which is why went with this one featuring inlet and outlets on opposite sides. and the thing is a monster as well!
wanted to go a different route after hitting a fox and busting my lfp dual pass and for 1/2 the price im more than content with the outcome. i grabbed up two 3" wide "L" brackets and pop riveted them to the sides of the HE and also to the underside of the bumper support. i used a thin layer of foam padding between the brackets and HE and bumper support for vibration and used aluminum rivets which wont rust and can easily be drilled out and replaced if it needs to come off. it comes with an overflow fitting which i removed and plugged with a bolt of the same size teflon taped. i used a total of 9 rivets per side, 5 on the HE and 4 on the support. i cut a notch into the foam bumper core to clear the cap on top, and i moved the positon of the HE a couple inches closer to the front to maximize the incoming air. i only took a few pics of the install but it was really straight forward. the best part is how well it works. i was temporarily using a trans cooler lol and when logging iat2 temps would float around 160` and get way hot after a pull. now it stay around 95-100 deg and after a pull didnt even get above 115 and the ambient temp was 52. here are a couple pics:
(sorry, i know the car is a tad dusty and the lower lip on my bumper is cracked, getting fixed in spring though. poor mystic......damn that fox!)
wanted to go a different route after hitting a fox and busting my lfp dual pass and for 1/2 the price im more than content with the outcome. i grabbed up two 3" wide "L" brackets and pop riveted them to the sides of the HE and also to the underside of the bumper support. i used a thin layer of foam padding between the brackets and HE and bumper support for vibration and used aluminum rivets which wont rust and can easily be drilled out and replaced if it needs to come off. it comes with an overflow fitting which i removed and plugged with a bolt of the same size teflon taped. i used a total of 9 rivets per side, 5 on the HE and 4 on the support. i cut a notch into the foam bumper core to clear the cap on top, and i moved the positon of the HE a couple inches closer to the front to maximize the incoming air. i only took a few pics of the install but it was really straight forward. the best part is how well it works. i was temporarily using a trans cooler lol and when logging iat2 temps would float around 160` and get way hot after a pull. now it stay around 95-100 deg and after a pull didnt even get above 115 and the ambient temp was 52. here are a couple pics:
(sorry, i know the car is a tad dusty and the lower lip on my bumper is cracked, getting fixed in spring though. poor mystic......damn that fox!)
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