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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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Thnx. SS braided lines are a must. I was thinking of getting the components seperate; ss braided lines, oil cooler, and a remote oil filter. Being that my car is WAY low having the filter scraping on the ground is not a good idea. Deff going with a remote filter setup if I get an oil cooler. Btw, Im also thinking of running distilled water and water wetter. It never gets near 32 degrees out here.

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Originally Posted by lucky131969
Yeah, next thing you know, someone will get the crazy notion to cool the transmission fluid through the radiator....
Is that what those shiny metal lines coming out of the radiator are?
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 03:44 PM
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I have a remote oil filter adapter, mounting bracket and thermostat if you are interested. I ended up no putting them on mine. They are still unopened in the box. I will let you have them for what they cost. It will save you shipping and taxes. Let me know if interested and I can get you the part numbers.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by C5Natie
Thnx. SS braided lines are a must. I was thinking of getting the components seperate; ss braided lines, oil cooler, and a remote oil filter. Being that my car is WAY low having the filter scraping on the ground is not a good idea. Deff going with a remote filter setup if I get an oil cooler. Btw, Im also thinking of running distilled water and water wetter. It never gets near 32 degrees out here.
Buying stainless lines, oil cooler, and a remote filter doesn't sound that cheap anymore. Getting the radiator with the intergrated EOC kills two birds with one stone, and you won't have to modify anything.


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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 10:11 PM
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I have used this cooler with good luck ... Comes with lines pre cut steel braided and also wrapped with Felpro heat sleeves (not shown in photo).... all in all a great kit

http://www.tpis.com/index.php?module...Kits+%28LS1%29
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 07:35 AM
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I would have to agree with these guys. These temps don't seem that bad compaired to some that I've heard about. But if you're still concerned about and you want to improve your coolant temps as well, we offer a combo unit like the one stated above. It's our A97EL radiator EOC combo. It has twice as thick radiator as your stock unit with an intergrated EOC in the driver side tank. Here is a link to our web page which also talks about the hose kit to install it with.

http://www.dewitts.com/pages/product...asp?ProdID=350



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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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I have used this cooler with good luck ... Comes with lines pre cut steel braided and also wrapped with Felpro heat sleeves (not shown in photo).... all in all a great kit

http://www.tpis.com/index.php?module...Kits+%28LS1%29
That is a good kit. It also has the adapter that has the oil temp sensor on top like ECSs. The LPE I use has it on the side and sometimes people have issues with wire being long enough to reach. Fortunately, that was the only thing I didn't have issues with.
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Originally Posted by waddisme
That is a good kit. It also has the adapter that has the oil temp sensor on top like ECSs. The LPE I use has it on the side and sometimes people have issues with wire being long enough to reach. Fortunately, that was the only thing I didn't have issues with.
I had 0 issues with this kit ... only PITA was getting the adapter in place and mounted with the Oil supply and return line on the adapter its kind of a tight fit then getting the bolts in the adapter without cross threading ... took my time and got it done with no problems...
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