Mounting Full Hydro Cooler

Mount it where it will have air flow on it.
 
I was going to weld some tabs off of my exhaust to mount it... :shaking: :flipoff2:

I know the more cool air flow across is the better, that is not what im asking. I have heard the standard stacked plate style coolers can cause problems if the fittings on them are facing down. What is the best way to mount the heat sink type cooler? Up and down or side to side?
 
Pinkston said:
I was going to weld some tabs off of my exhaust to mount it... :shaking: :flipoff2:
I know the more cool air flow across is the better, that is not what im asking. I have heard the standard stacked plate style coolers can cause problems if the fittings on them are facing down. What is the best way to mount the heat sink type cooler? Up and down or side to side?
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Like what kind of problems? This is the first time I've ever heard of that, and it doesn't really make sense to me. Walking through the junk yards I've seen tons of stock configuration stacked plate coolers mounted with the fittings facing down.
 
Pinkston said:
I was going to weld some tabs off of my exhaust to mount it... :shaking: :flipoff2:
I know the more cool air flow across is the better, that is not what im asking. I have heard the standard stacked plate style coolers can cause problems if the fittings on them are facing down. What is the best way to mount the heat sink type cooler? Up and down or side to side?
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Why don't you call the manufacture & do what they recommend? Hell they engineered it.
 
Pinkston said:
I have heard the standard stacked plate style coolers can cause problems if the fittings on them are facing down.
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I mount them that way, and have had no problems on steering or trans coolers.

It's not gonna matter if you mount it up/down or on it's side.
 
What's the advantage with that type of cooler vs a standard A/T transmission type cooler. I'm in the process of going full hydro and am in the market for a cooler.
 
I would think that it would work best mounted with the heatsink facing up. Heat rises, and thats how that cooler works. Its kinda like a 12volt amplifier with heatsinks. If you mount them upside down they will overheat.
 
Their should not be any issues with this cooler on how you mount it. Coolers that are more similar to stock trans coolers that have "s" bends in them create more of a problem. Mounting them flat can make them hard to purge all of the air out. IMO, I would mount it up and down with the inlet on the bottom so it fills the res and pushes all trapped air to the top where you could crack open the fitting to purge any air pockets before firing up the pump. On "s" type cooler I would do the same thing, in effect if any air is trapped it should eventually get moved through the system. Hope this is the type of tech you were looking for.
 
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