I installed the H/E physically to the front end but did not route the coolant lines yet. It got dark and I was getting bit by too many mosquitoes. I thought i would share what it looks like. It is about a quarter inch lower than i measured but I left it out of impatience.
This is the smaller cx racing h/e. fyi.

 

^^^^ love the smaller HE

 

samsies. nice

 

Didn't have to take the bumper off or did you?

 

no, you dont have to.

 

Um...don't you need to have it off your car to bleed it?

 

i dont believe so. it would make it wayyyy easier but its isnt a must.

 

I started to. but then came to my senses and bent some aluminum. I was trying to install it like the one that was posted a couple days ago but could not fit a drill between the bumper and the radiator w/o a right angle drill. I instead bent a couple pieces of aluminum and made a quick bracket with bolts and called it a day. No need to remove anything.

Did not cross that bridge yet. I just test fitted everything and am tackling the rest thursday when I get off work. Now that all of my fitting is done it should be simple to do the rest.

 

hey how are you running temps wise without any cooling mods and your 2.8 on there? can you feel the sag or not? im about to pop on a 2.7 then am ordering the h/e next week.

 

How much did you psy for the H/E?

 

I dont monitor my IAT's. I dont race and I rarely go over 4000 rpm's so that should keep my temps down. I dont know about any sagging.

I bought it off ebay a few weeks ago it should be about $150ish from the username cxracing on ebay. Then maybe $25ish for miscellaneous parts from lowes/menards or wherever.

 

Just finished everything. Seems to be working good. I replaced the rubber washer on the cx h/e bleeder because it was not snug and leaked a little. other than that it was not too bad.

 

congrats man. not to be a retard or dick, but how come you have a decent amount of stuff into it if you dont ever get on it?

 

I try to be civil most the time. I have lights and siren in my car for responding as a firefighter/paramedic so I feel obligated to have some sort of respect for the rules of the road. When the lights and siren are on I can then drive with "due regard" .

 

thats understandable. well props to ya dude!

 

just out of curiousity... where would i be able to grab one of these?

 

should of gotten the bigger one

ebay. $149

here is my how to guide to install the bigger one that takes up the whole front open part.

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-guide-43/how-install-mount-big-cx-heat-exchanger-124669/

simple and great mod for less than $199 bucks all said and done after taxes shipping and other tools needed

 

I recommend the bigger one as well

 

you actually don't need to bleed the system. i thought i would have to but it's actually just fill it up then run it then fill it and keep repeating the process.