I've got one sitting in the garage waiting for time to install.
Installing DeWitts With Left Side EOC?
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Le Mans Master
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Installing DeWitts With Left Side EOC?
I am installing the DeWits with a left side EOC. I bought the installation kit from DeWitts. Has anyone out there done this? If so I have some questions:
Thanks.
- Did you use the straight or 45 degree pipe to AN adaptors on the radiator?
- How did you route the oil lines. My ABS module is very close to the top EOC fitting.
Thanks.
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I installed the radiator but not the lines yet. All I can say is while the radiator is out after the fan shroud is cut, practice installing the fans on the floor for a while before trying it in the car. Took me a while and it is a tight fit. Installation is clean and the radiator fits well though.
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Le Mans Master
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I put the fans and the radiator in as a unit and it went in pretty easily. It is only about 27 degrees out in the garage right now so it will be a few days before it is warm enough for me to get back at it.
I installed the radiator but not the lines yet. All I can say is while the radiator is out after the fan shroud is cut, practice installing the fans on the floor for a while before trying it in the car. Took me a while and it is a tight fit. Installation is clean and the radiator fits well though.
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I installed the radiator but not the lines yet. All I can say is while the radiator is out after the fan shroud is cut, practice installing the fans on the floor for a while before trying it in the car. Took me a while and it is a tight fit. Installation is clean and the radiator fits well though.
Le Mans Master
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it's easier to install the fans from the bottom when the car is up in the air
I have zero experience w/ a LHS ECO, only RHS
I deal w/ Randy@DRM, great person to work w/, although they use Ron Davis, I find it more important to have the tech support
I have zero experience w/ a LHS ECO, only RHS
I deal w/ Randy@DRM, great person to work w/, although they use Ron Davis, I find it more important to have the tech support
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From: Black Forest CO
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St. Jude Donor '07
I don't think it's a pipe thread in the rad for the cooler line's.Mine was straight AN.I'll post a pic this weekend on how I did mine.I have a 97 C5 so no abs module in the front to deal with.......................Paul
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Le Mans Master
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From: Black Forest CO
Pics would be great!
My rad has straight pipe to -10 AN adaptors screwed into the EOC. It also came with some 45 degree rotatable pipe to -10 AN adaptors.
I wish that ABS module wasn't in the way on mine. They should have left it where the 97s mount it...
My rad has straight pipe to -10 AN adaptors screwed into the EOC. It also came with some 45 degree rotatable pipe to -10 AN adaptors.
I wish that ABS module wasn't in the way on mine. They should have left it where the 97s mount it...
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St. Jude Donor '09
I did not use Dewitt's installation kit so I can not give any direction on thier suggested routing, I bought my plumbing separeately from another supplier. For the lower EOC fitting I used a straight -10 AN connector, for the upper EOC fitting I used a relatively tight radius 90 degree -10 AN fitting and ran the hose down along the side of the radiator header until it cleared below the ABS module.
