Finally get to pretend I am one of the cool kids - Holley kit swap

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Ozyduster said:
I had been thinking this, as i have a 300c srt engine it has the oil cooler. Was thinking if i run the earls remote cooler i could fit this in the remote area........having said that i am trying to tidy the bay up lol. One of my friends runs a performance shop and said the oil coolers are a good bit of kit and defiantly worth it
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That would be the oil cooler that plumbs into the radiator hose and uses coolant to maintain a consistent temp. The one @Dantra has is like the Hellcat setup where the cooler is completely separate and plumbs to an external cooler that uses ambient air. They put the oil cooler like the 300 SRT one on the 6.4's and HD 5.7's in the trucks so they must be worth something, but the setup off the TRX is the ultimate and probably more like what you friend is talking about.

That said, I have one of the coolant type oil coolers and have wondered if I could fit it up to my 90 degree adapter but haven't messed with it. Kind of doubt it will fit though.
 
DionR said:
That would be the oil cooler that plumbs into the radiator hose and uses coolant to maintain a consistent temp. The one @Dantra has is like the Hellcat setup where the cooler is completely separate and plumbs to an external cooler that uses ambient air. They put the oil cooler like the 300 SRT one on the 6.4's and HD 5.7's in the trucks so they must be worth something, but the setup off the TRX is the ultimate and probably more like what you friend is talking about.

That said, I have one of the coolant type oil coolers and have wondered if I could fit it up to my 90 degree adapter but haven't messed with it. Kind of doubt it will fit though.
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OOooo ill have to have a look. I like to mess about with that kind of stuff. On my ute i used a standard oil cooler solid line type to cool the power steering oil. As if doing track work the commodore tends to cook the oil....... not that it ever seen a track lol.
 
The coolant type oil coolers are pretty common. Vipers use them and I believe the same exact cooler is used on GT40s and other cars. They are nice and small, so pretty easy to mount and you don't have to worry about airflow with them. Maybe not as much cooling potential as an air type, but if it puts up with what Vipers can put out, I'm inclined to believe it's fine. Granted the Viper also has ~11 quarts of oil to dump heat into, so it may not need the same kind of cooling.
 
340sFastback said:
Looking forward to seeing that trans cross member and tunnel come together. I hammer and dollied that driver's side bump flat where the auto trans console linkage come through on my trans tunnel. Gives it a nicer look!
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Me too! But right now it feels like a festering sliver I can't seem to get out of my finger. Struggling to make progress on getting it sketched out.
 
Map63Vette said:
The coolant type oil coolers are pretty common. Vipers use them and I believe the same exact cooler is used on GT40s and other cars. They are nice and small, so pretty easy to mount and you don't have to worry about airflow with them. Maybe not as much cooling potential as an air type, but if it puts up with what Vipers can put out, I'm inclined to believe it's fine. Granted the Viper also has ~11 quarts of oil to dump heat into, so it may not need the same kind of cooling.
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Ugh! Now you have me looking at Vipers again!

I have to agree if they used it on the Vipers, must be useful. I did some looking and it appears the '02 and older ones used a remote air cooled type, but all of the later ones used the plate style with coolant.

The Viper one and the 6.4 car cooler look to be better than the truck cooler. The Viper and 6.4 ones have some external cooling fins and are larger while the truck one is just a pot for the coolant to flow in. After looking at it some, makes me want to try and see if the 6.4 one would fit on the 90 degree adapter and clear everything.
 
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Not a guarantee, but a guy on FB was able to fit the low mount alternator without trimming his frame rail. It was a Powermaster, so maybe the stock one won't work? Time will tell.

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DionR said:
Not a guarantee, but a guy on FB was able to fit the low mount alternator without trimming his frame rail. It was a Powermaster, so maybe the stock one won't work? Time will tell.

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Those are nice.. pricey tho. I really didn't mind trimming the flange and in hindsight, I wish I would've trimmed mine all the way to the core support. I still might. It makes for a better fitting LX radiator.. I had to roll the flange down to get the radiator to fit. I just cut the flange flush, making the frame rail a square 90 degree edge and then just welded the corner seam together. It's not bad. One advantage is is oem fit, so if I ever have one fail, it's a shelf item.
 
DionR said:
Not a guarantee, but a guy on FB was able to fit the low mount alternator without trimming his frame rail. It was a Powermaster, so maybe the stock one won't work? Time will tell.

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I saw this before on the early 5.7 car covers as well. Some people dropped them in no problem and others had to trim. No one mentioned any aftermarket alternators specifically, so it's possible the factory might have offered some different ones. Like maybe a higher output one for police applications with a lot of idling or something like that.
 
Map63Vette said:
I saw this before on the early 5.7 car covers as well. Some people dropped them in no problem and others had to trim. No one mentioned any aftermarket alternators specifically, so it's possible the factory might have offered some different ones. Like maybe a higher output one for police applications with a lot of idling or something like that.
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There are definitely some different sizes depending on vehicle. My 6.4 is larger than my 5.7
 
Dantra said:
Those are nice.. pricey tho.
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In my case, I can't use one since I need an OEM alternator. But based on the case, I am going to guess it is an OEM one Powermaster modifies.

Map63Vette said:
I saw this before on the early 5.7 car covers as well. Some people dropped them in no problem and others had to trim. No one mentioned any aftermarket alternators specifically, so it's possible the factory might have offered some different ones. Like maybe a higher output one for police applications with a lot of idling or something like that.
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I know the amp output varied and went up as they got newer, and I think the bigger output makes the case bigger. My hope has been to find a smaller one that fit without cutting the flange.

DARTGAME said:
Can you get this alternator from Summit/Jegs or is it exclusively through Bouchillon performance only?
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Not sure. But found this one on Summit:

Powermaster 41576 Powermaster High-Amp Alternators | Summit Racing
 
Dantra said:
Those are nice.. pricey tho. I really didn't mind trimming the flange and in hindsight, I wish I would've trimmed mine all the way to the core support. I still might. It makes for a better fitting LX radiator.. I had to roll the flange down to get the radiator to fit. I just cut the flange flush, making the frame rail a square 90 degree edge and then just welded the corner seam together. It's not bad. One advantage is is oem fit, so if I ever have one fail, it's a shelf item.
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Good info. I plan to run an LX radiator as well so I will pay attention to that when I get there.

I'm not so worried about cutting the flange on the '73. I wasn't excited about doing it on the '74 when that was the car the 5.7 was going into but now that I have shifted it is less important. But, if I did end of doing the swap to the '74 later, not having to cut the flange would be a huge bonus.
 
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