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1999-2004 Saleen Mustang For the SN-95 New Edge platform. Be sure to specify year, model and equipment if asking for help. |
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Please Help: Fluidyne Radiator?
Hey guys. I'm noticing more and more done to this car every day. Good stuff too man this car is sweet.
Anyways, I just noticed this car has a Fluidyne Radiator in it. So I'm wondering. Is it possible that it also has an upgraded heat exchanger etc how would I tell. I know these pics won't help but anyways. This Fluidyne is good stuff isn't it?? Probably can't tell from this pic. But how do I tell if it has a aftermarket heat exchanger etc?? Sorry this is my first SC Mustang I'm learning the ropes!!
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Hey man, she looks great! I purchased my Saleen about two years ago and was in the same boat, didnt know much about SC. The intercooler kit that comes with the model is made by Chicane. From what iv gathered it is crap, i recently replaced my heatexchange from LightingForcePerformance. Its hard to find aftermarket parts for our cars (atleast iv had a few times) but they made a direct bolt on for mine. Cant tell from the pictures but im sure yours is aftermarket.
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I don't think Chicane made anything that was considered "crap". From everything I've read, his stuff is the holy grail of parts.
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Man this thing has a coolant leak I can see coolant dripping just behind the crankshaft pulley I noticed it putting new Gatorback on. Wasn't leaking much if any until I replaced belt then size of a dollar dripped out while putting belt on. But no more until I took it for a drive about 2 hours into it low coolant light came on I was couple inches low in bottle. Any idea where it's coming from I can't seem to find it.
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Coolant
If it's around crank area I would suspect water pump or intake
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Chicane made an after market intercooler kit and it was awesome. I don't believe that Chicane made a heat exchanger, at least he never mentioned to it when I spoke to him about it. If you are leaking behind the crank pulley, I would have to believe, as previously mentioned, that it is the water pump, especially if you had too small of a belt on previously as it would have put a lot of stress on the water pump.
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If your looking for a great intercooler, you may want to check out Tom @ 21stCenturyPerformance.com He sells Chicane style ICs, steel braided IC lines, and heat exchangers that are a DIRECT replacement for our cars.. I don.t think that the LFP HE has the mounts for our 2 IC fans and it has to be modified for them to fit. Tom's does... Also the LFP IC does not have the welded plate that directs the air through the IC. You have to buy the plate separate off of ebay and have it welded in. That makes the LFP IC just as much as Toms if not more... Just sayin....
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Also I've got to put it in the shop because they told me the rear axle seals are leaking. Went ahead and bought new slotted performance rotors and ceramic pads for the rear while shop is doing rear axle seals and new brakes. But $500 to get it done sucks now looks like I got a water pump replacement to add to the costs....
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The intercooler sits under the blower, the heat exchanger is the radiator you can see in the lower openeing of the Saleen front bumber. It sounds like you have good water twemps, so maybe it has been replaced. Some things are really hard to tell from a photo...
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I guess if you guys don't think you could tell if I got any good close up pics as far as which HE and IC my car has, then I'm hoping Dallas Mustangs can tell me when I get a chance to go by there. We hope to hit Gas Monkey Garage, then the bar and grill, and Dallas mustangs all in a weekend or something here shortly. Just been working 18 hours a day every day so it's been hard to get anywhere. Only thing I hate about this car is radiator and heat exchanger both seem to be a magnet for bugs. Worse than any other car. And of course the bugs booger up the fins on both rad and HE I hate how they beat it up like that. I took a short trip to town and got home my entire radiator and HE both were covered in grasshoppers. I mean dude it looked like I had driven my car miles through a field or something I have no idea how I get that many grasshoppers driving on the highway just a 10 mile trip. I mean both pieces were so covered there wasn't a square inch where there wasn't a grasshopper stuck to the fins. Crazy...
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You can probably fabricate a screen simlar to what is in the 4 smaller openeing in the front bumper to block the plague of locusts.
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That's exactly what's I was thinking about doing for bumper opening and grille opening both. Do you think this would hurt performance or block airflow too much as long as I was to use a screen mesh similar to what's old easy on side vents and rear bumper etc??
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I don't believe it will hurt your performance... others have done it. Although, a ton of grasshoppers is a lot worse for performance than a grill...lol
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