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When I was road racing a few weeks back, I literally boiled the power steering fluid. Losing your steering on a road course is [img]graemlins/omg.gif[/img]
The cooler is the optional LS1 cooler that mounts inline with the radiator hose. Bought it from gmpartsdirect.com. Install was pretty straightforward:
1. Drain coolant and p/s fluid.
2. Mount cooler in lower radiator hose.
3. Plumb cooler in low pressure p/s return line between rack and reservoir. Hoses set up for cross flow for more efficient cooling.
4. Refill and bleed coolant and p/s fluid.
While I had the coolant drained, I also swapped in a 180F thermostat to replace the stock 195F one. Filled coolant with 20% dexcool in distilled water with a bottle of water wetter thrown in. Power steering filled with Red Line.
Pic here:
The cooler is the optional LS1 cooler that mounts inline with the radiator hose. Bought it from gmpartsdirect.com. Install was pretty straightforward:
1. Drain coolant and p/s fluid.
2. Mount cooler in lower radiator hose.
3. Plumb cooler in low pressure p/s return line between rack and reservoir. Hoses set up for cross flow for more efficient cooling.
4. Refill and bleed coolant and p/s fluid.
While I had the coolant drained, I also swapped in a 180F thermostat to replace the stock 195F one. Filled coolant with 20% dexcool in distilled water with a bottle of water wetter thrown in. Power steering filled with Red Line.
Pic here:
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