 Power steering fluid temps, anyone know? |
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 Apr 1 2004, 05:57 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 951 Joined: 2-January 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 88  |
I was thinking about power steering coolers today.
Does anyone know what kind of temperatures a non-cooled system gets up to when 1) normal street driving? 2) auto-x? 3) track days? |
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Apr 2 2004, 04:30 AM
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Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,015 Joined: 28-December 03 From: Texas Member No.: 55 |
The first time I went to an HPDE was in my old '98 Z28. It did not even have the stock cooler, but was filled with RedLine PS fluid. It was late July in Texas, so I am sure temps were close to or over 100ยบ. I came in and we heard a popping from under my hood. I opened the hood and there was PS fluid everywhere, including on the motor just under the cowl. The fluid was still boiling in the pump.
An OEM PS cooler and an underdrive pulley solved my cooling issues, and can be had reasonably. I have bought two used stock coolers off of ls1.com, and paid $65 shipped for each one. |
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y5e06 Power steering fluid temps Apr 1 2004, 05:57 PM
JonV Great! Another thread on power steering cooler... Apr 1 2004, 07:17 PM 231go I tried to answer questions 1 and 2 at the last Au... Apr 1 2004, 07:21 PM KeithO http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?s...r+ste... Apr 1 2004, 08:19 PM y5e06 I haven't read the Ls1.com thread yet.
I was a... Apr 1 2004, 08:51 PM 231go QUOTE (y5e06 @ Apr 1 2004, 02:51 PM)oh, I als... Apr 1 2004, 09:34 PM Trance On the one track day that I've been to, I saw ... Apr 1 2004, 11:32 PM
robz71lm7 I couldn't get the LS1 ps cooler to fit to my ... Apr 2 2004, 01:49 PM |
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