Question about dual pass endplates
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Question about dual pass endplates
So if I order this from OTTP, I simply just remove my old endplate, put on this new one, run the plumbing and I'm good to go? There isn't anything more complicated than just that?
OTTP Dual Pass Endplate - Over The Top Performance
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The most important part is changing the direction of the laminova cores, theyre directional and 2 of them need to be swapped so that youre actually utilizing the dual pass endplate correctly...
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/memb...-cores-550.jpg
like that...
i pulled that from a how-to thread on here btw so you can look that up for further details
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/memb...-cores-550.jpg
like that...
i pulled that from a how-to thread on here btw so you can look that up for further details
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Agreed! You HAVE TO change the cores to flow correctly. Otherwise it will not work. It not too hard but it's not as simple as just swapping the endplate. In order to change the cores around you have to get the intake off which requires taking the supercharger off as well.
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Yeah my intake manifold is already off. I did find a how to with the core changing. But that is it then right? There aren't any special tools or other parts I'd need? If this is so simple why doesn't GM do this lol.
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There are 4 cores in our intake. In a single pass the coolant comes in "core 1", then travels from "core 1" to "core 2", then from "core 2" to "core 3", from "core 3" to "core 4", then out of "core 4" to the heat exchanger to be cooled and sent thru the cores again. As the coolant passes thru each core the coolant becomes hotter and hotter thru each core. In a dual pass, coolant comes in thru "core 1" AND "core 4", then exits thru "core 2" AND "core 3" to the heat exchanger. This way the coolant is in the cores for a shorter amount of time allowing the coolant to remain cooler resulting in lower after supercharger air temps. confused? me too now. LOL
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Just think about it, cold coolant coming out in separate paths, combining into one, through use of a Y.
Now think about hot coolant doing so, which ones gonna combine easier and cause less turbulence.
Little things that don't make a huge difference at all but every bit counts.
Now think about hot coolant doing so, which ones gonna combine easier and cause less turbulence.
Little things that don't make a huge difference at all but every bit counts.
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pump to heat exchanger
heat exchanger to 2nd heat exchanger (lol)
2nd heat exchanger to middle port on endplate
outer 2 ports on endplate to pump.
add a surge tank/bleed line somewhere in the system, doesn't matter where. or do one better and add in a tank with a in/out for 3/4 heater hose, and let the coolant flow right through, increasing coolant capacity. that's the best way
bottom 2 cores should be switched, making it enter through the middle two, exit through the outer 2
heat exchanger to 2nd heat exchanger (lol)
2nd heat exchanger to middle port on endplate
outer 2 ports on endplate to pump.
add a surge tank/bleed line somewhere in the system, doesn't matter where. or do one better and add in a tank with a in/out for 3/4 heater hose, and let the coolant flow right through, increasing coolant capacity. that's the best way
bottom 2 cores should be switched, making it enter through the middle two, exit through the outer 2
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i have had mine set right after the IM pumping into the heat exchangers so that the coolest possible coolant goes into the laminovas.
if you think this has any negative bearing on pump life, i have had mine set up this way for 2 years now...
it's clear you need to take some money out of the common sense drawer
if you think this has any negative bearing on pump life, i have had mine set up this way for 2 years now...
it's clear you need to take some money out of the common sense drawer