Originally Posted by
Car54
Sweet pics!
Good move on staying away from stainless braided...I regret having them. I'm always isolating them to keep from destroying everything they touch.
I understand you should get a fingernails width on the hose side of the AN fittings.
Keep an eye on your water temp now that you're superheating the air going to the radiator. This is a huge concern on my car...not sure about yours. I have to mount my cooler low and parallel to get clean air to the radiator.
A failure of the fitting is usually not just a weep, it will pump your oil out at 60psi...more than a garden hose. Just happened to a guy at Road Atlanta when I was there last week. What a mess it made to his car AND the track. He was using push on fittings...glad to see you're not.
I also have to adapt my AN fittings to the oil cooler...I have a Tru-Cooler setup.
Are you running a thermostat on the oil cooler?
I absolutely LOVE the Aeroquip star lite hose, it is so simple to use and cut!
I havent heard any issues from guys about superheating the air going to the radiator on the CTS-V. The cooler is about 5 1/2 inches tall and the radiator is absolutely MASSIVE on this thing, but it will be something that I monitor.
Also, in regards to the fittings, I simply couldnt use any more force at all on these hoses, I was cranking like hell and it wouldnt go any further... but theyre not leaking at all so im not too worried.