2.2L L61 Performance Tech 16 valve 145 hp EcoTec with 155 lb-ft of torque

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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 10:06 PM
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cooling Ideas

okay so yeah i know im N/A but all i have left to do is tune and im about done with my perforamnce things i have in mind...i know cooling isent a large issue for non boots cars but i still think it would help a little...is there any cooling mods out there for 2.2's?

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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 10:59 PM
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add a surge/ overflow tank to ur radiator... i mean more fluid always means more cooling but honestly we only do cooling mods to cool the iat's( intake air temps from the supercharger spinning so much and so fast... all the friction means alot of heat ( not nessicarily heat from the motor although in the longrun it helps with that also)) the more heat your intake pulls in or the hotter the air before the cylinder the less fuel is needed the less hp/ tq u get.

so in my opinion cooling a naturaly asperated motor would do nothing but be a waist of time .... get a remote/ switched fan and place it infront or behind the radiator( oposit of the stock 1 and eather blow air through the raidator or wire it backwords and suck air through... might help a little while sitting still .
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:16 AM
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No point in doing that to a NA car. Couple of bags of ice on the intake would be about it, lol.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:17 AM
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Don't waste your money. Engines are designed to work efficiently at a certain operating temperature. If you try to cool below that, you'll lose power.
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