ebay cche

[Mephisto]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7926177346&category=33602

anyone know who makes these? if theyre any good etc etc etc?

 

[SyTyJedi]

I think that is the Griffin CCHE.

Your temps won't be any lower than stock. They may stay at that lower temp for longer with this unit, but you shouldn't expect any HP improvement. Think of it as a 'consistency' mod.

 

[syclone 1092]

Ebay CCHE

Ebay CCHE

That CCHE looks very similar to the one that Tony DeQuick at CAS used to sell. I'm not sure if Tony DeQuick is still out there but the one I ordered from him took forever to arrive and most of the fins were bent up and was missing parts.

 

[jwaller]

that is the one tony dequick made. I had one for a while before I went A/A. good piece if you get all of it and that one looks complete.

tony is MIA.

 

[Mephisto]

I think that is the Griffin CCHE.

Your temps won't be any lower than stock. They may stay at that lower temp for longer with this unit, but you shouldn't expect any HP improvement. Think of it as a 'consistency' mod.

well i wasnt really looking for any HP improvment, just cooler intake temps :wink:

ive rerouted the lines, on my stock setup twice, now i have the upper IC wrapped with heat shield, the lines rerouted through the driver side fenderwell, with no kinks, and the temps still wont drop below 130*. i got a spal fan on the back of the cche and my jabsco is hotwired and fully functional..

i think the stock cche and the upper IC have some corrosion build up in there or something, limiting maximum flow... my upper IC has never done 'the whirlpool' when i take the cap off... and last time i took the heater hoses off the back there was a chalky residue almost like clay blocking half the holes??

id like to get my intake temps lower/normal before throwing alky into the mix.

 

[lSyclonel]

you want lower intake temps a/a is where its at.if you keep the water box, no mater what you do its always going to be higher temp.

 

[mduffy]

I just put one of those in my Sy. Don't believe that it will bolt right in, it won't. I had a buddy of mine fabricate a mounting bracket that replicates the stock one but holds the new 2 row aluminum CCHE. It also has a metal removable scoop. Let me know and I can get you some pics of mine along with a price for the mounting setup if you want.

 

[BigBadSmoosh]

I think that is the Griffin CCHE.

Your temps won't be any lower than stock. They may stay at that lower temp for longer with this unit, but you shouldn't expect any HP improvement. Think of it as a 'consistency' mod.

well i wasnt really looking for any HP improvment, just cooler intake temps :wink:

ive rerouted the lines, on my stock setup twice, now i have the upper IC wrapped with heat shield, the lines rerouted through the driver side fenderwell, with no kinks, and the temps still wont drop below 130*. i got a spal fan on the back of the cche and my jabsco is hotwired and fully functional..

i think the stock cche and the upper IC have some corrosion build up in there or something, limiting maximum flow... my upper IC has never done 'the whirlpool' when i take the cap off... and last time i took the heater hoses off the back there was a chalky residue almost like clay blocking half the holes??

id like to get my intake temps lower/normal before throwing alky into the mix.

you most definately have some problems with blockage or something along those lines..

hell, I rerouted my lines through the passenger fender, and i had to use 90 degree turns just to get them into the upper IC.. and my intake temps are no where near that..

I have a spal fan on the front of the lower cche, and a jabsco pump..
Id check for air pockets, or blockage.

 

[SY2932]

you most definately have some problems with blockage or something along those lines..

hell, I rerouted my lines through the passenger fender, and i had to use 90 degree turns just to get them into the upper IC.. and my intake temps are no where near that..

I have a spal fan on the front of the lower cche, and a jabsco pump..
Id check for air pockets, or blockage.

The other night when I went cruising in my truck the IC temp was 60 degrees (sixity degree night). I have a blade of death IC scoop on my truck to force air through the fins on the CCHE. Even after highway cruising in the summer, my IC is cool to the touch. From your description, sounds like your IC is plugged and needs to be flushed out. I would remove everything off the truck (IC and CCHE) and flush it until nothing but clean water comes out. PITA for sure but, it's a syty :-? ...

 

[Mephisto]

ok well im pretty sure i found my problem...

im and idiot! about six months ago when i rerouted my IC lines, i noticed some green/whitish build up in my upper IC, i didnt really know what it was, but i flushed it out as best i could and did the same with the cche... hooked everything up and refilled my IC with tap water cause i didnt have any coolant at the time... after that my temps dropped from the 180s down to 130* which is still hot, but an improvement... before i could get to the bottom of my problems, one of my front axles broke, and my truck has basically been sitting since...

now that its fixed i took the sy out today to the gas station and back. i checked my IC when i got home and it was hotter than the manifold i waited for it to cool down, and took off the cap. only to find hard water build all over my cap, around the hole and inside the IC. :banghead: im assuming this crap has just caked up all inside my IC and cche, which is why my temps have been so high...

is there anyway to clean this crap out? other than draino or CLR :lol:
cause running more water through it definitely wont get it done.

 

[SY2932]

If you have hard water deposits in there, that could definately affect the heat transfer. A radiator flush sounds like your best bet at this point. Problem is, those flushes require you to get the engine/coolant to normal operating temp to work. That is usually in the order of close to 200 degrees... You could cover your CCHE with a piece of cardboard to restrict all air flow to it to try and get the temps super high by driving around. Downside is the possibility of knock is very high if you're not careful.

I would remove both the IC and CCHE and boil up some radiator flush in a BIG pot and run it through both of them with a drill pump like this one I use to flush my trans cooler between rebuilds :-?.

I would set it up so that you recycle the flushing solution through the IC/CCHE continously until the scale comes out. HTH's