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North Fort Worth Solstice #2020
Mine on: 12/10/2005 from Alan Young Dealership
Color: Deep, Steel/Sand, Hahn Turbo, and other good stuff.
I'd love to order one of these now but I need to pay off my credit card as it is. Nonetheless, this looks like an excellent upgrade to help deal with the summer heat.
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Does anyone know exactly where the temperature sensor is at?
The reason why I'm asking is; what makes us so sure that the radiator is where the bottle neck is at?
Because the real bottle neck could be anywhere; water pump capacity, etc.
If the temperature sensor is at the return water temperature back to engine then I can understand it is the radiator. Otherwise we may putting our cash in wrong direction.
Thanks,
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North Fort Worth Solstice #2020
Mine on: 12/10/2005 from Alan Young Dealership
Color: Deep, Steel/Sand, Hahn Turbo, and other good stuff.
Last edited by VIN2020 : 08-05-2006 at 07:30 AM.
Reason: Fix spelling
I'm no thermal engineer, but it seems to me - the bigger the capacity - the better the cooling result. Either via larger grill opening to feed more air to the stock radiator (which, by the way, has been indicated to have only a 5/8" thick single core) - or a larger radiator to add more coolant and dissipate heat better.
If you search the web for custom radiators you find quite a few sites that build radiators that are 2" (double 1") aluminum to use in performance cars. Those sites may give better explanations of the advantage.
IMO - Our Solstice was produced with a pretty small capacity radiator in the first place. My logic is - even on moderate days (80's) I could easily get the coolant temp on my stock Sol. to run the temp up to near 200 degrees. I've got a Dodge Ram 2500 with a 190 thermostat that I pulled an RV through central Texas Hill country with in temps up to 104 at 75mph and never got over 205! Yesterday (without the RV) @ 104 outside temp I never got over 195. I know, different animal - but my piece of mind (small as it is) is critical.
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Does anyone know exactly where the temperature sensor is at?
The reason why I'm asking is; what makes us so sure that the radiator is where the bottle neck is at?
Because the real bottle neck could be anywhere; water pump capacity, etc.
If the temperature sensor is at the return water temperature back to engine then I can understand it is the radiator. Otherwise we may putting our cash in wrong direction.
Thanks,
The sending unit is located on the passenger side of the motor under the manifold.
Locate this by finding the grounding bar that protrudes from the motor towards you and look down to the left.
You will see the inlet/outlet hoses from the inner core and the return line from the radiator. Between these you will find the sending unit.
Dave-
There are a few of us that may be working on cooling issues that you are creating in tandem. Is there any way that you can give us a hint so we don't waste time and money making something that you can sell us?
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The sending unit is located on the passenger side of the motor under the manifold.
Locate this by finding the grounding bar that protrudes from the motor towards you and look down to the left.
You will see the inlet/outlet hoses from the inner core and the return line from the radiator. Between these you will find the sending unit.
Dave-
There are a few of us that may be working on cooling issues that you are creating in tandem. Is there any way that you can give us a hint so we don't waste time and money making something that you can sell us?
Okay,
A 160 or 180 degree thermostat, as well as a bottle of Redline Water Wetter will aid in the cooling along with our radiator quite well.
You can get the Redline through us via the following link -
Why not toss in the thermostat with the new radiator?
Oh, and no...what we are trying to do has to do with directing air into the motor and not actually what you had in mind. I would have thought that the rad would be enough from the water point of view.
Dave-
I used to use a product called 'RaceCool', have you ever heard of it?
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I visit here less and less nowadays. Leave a PM if you want but it may be days before I return to it.
Nonetheless, this looks like an excellent upgrade to help deal with the summer heat. 
