Hey all, went for a Sunday drive today with some friends,,, lots of fun keeping up with the 4wd-ers on some slick wooded roads, anyway, hit an all time airflow high for my 8psi pulley,,, 353.5g/s, in all things second gear, was making hard pulls all day long, and on this run wasnt able to keep the rpms going due to pulling off the throttle with the STI braking alittle early in front of me,,,, AWESOME!!! Car is running better than ever, Moon and I worked all day yesterday swapping out my blown sc pulley seal, and took the new pulley spacer into work and had it machined out of Stainless Steel(comes Aluminum from Pettit) dont know if that made any difference but man was it fun today,,, Ill post pics of the old one soon, had a huge gash in it due to the spring in the seal, almost looked like it was machined that way...

 

that looks like a fun group to run with man--wish i had been there.
post some pics and symptoms your were having
OD

 

Well the symptoms would be gear oil all over the engine,, bracket, pretty much anything under the sc pulley,,,
Heres the damage,,, The two shown are the new one Cam sent me and the old one pulled off the kit, both Aluminum, didnt get a chance to snap a pic of the stainless, its already in,,,
Yeah that big ole groove isnt supposed to be there,,, also notice the chaffing of the inner fillet and also since this caused the spacer to slide, there is an inner groove that was starting where the spacer mount is,,,
I would highly recommend getting this spacer machined out of a stronger material if you are able, just as a precaution,,,

 

That`s an awfully neat groove for a wear mark...

Sure it wasn`t machined in there .....

 

yes, its worn from the spring thats in the seal,,,

Absolutely not supposed to be there,,, its only so tidey because there's really no where else for the assembly to go,,,

 

That would do it Spring steel cutting tool

 

yep, = huge mess, lets just say I was filling the blower wtih gear oil about every 4 days for about a month,,,

 

Those NA guys don't know what they are missing

 

you said it brother,,,

So much fun,,,
And when there were two lanes to drive we would split into two parades, after reaching our last pit stop for icecream the one STI owner got out, and was totally mezmerized by the sound,,, said to me " that is just evil"....

 

Guys sorry to butt in but does anyone have an additional pics or info on this oil cooler setup? Thanks.

 

Yeah sure what do you want to know besides that point that its a secondary Radiator setup..

Its from Pettit, and both FI and NA guys have been putting them on,,,

 

Is it one cooler in there or two? I'd like to see a front angle shot. Seems like teh weight would cause it to sag? Looks great.

 

Its two, and there is no sag at all, I can take some pics tomorrow and post them,,, the two are in series, flow goes into the far(drivers side) then flows for a second cooling into the passenger side then back up into the lower rad hose feed,,,

 

Sweet thanks a lot. Do you have anything supporting it from the top? Did you create this or Pettit? Sorry for all the questions. Thanks.

 

Nope this whole setup is Pettits design and build, nothing supporting it but all the hardware is tied into the stiffest area of the undertray the area right next to the corners of the sidewalls. I consistantly see a lower water temp of 12-15 degrees...

 

Sweet, do they sell this as a kit?

 

yes, you can call Pettit, and order it,

 

Looks parallel to me in the pic and in the in the graphic earlier in this thread.

 

ooops your right Ray,,,

 

Seems to me for optimum cooling they would run it in series. Not parallel.
So why didn't they do that?
Or just make one radiator instead of two?

 

There is more heat transferred when the gradient is larger between the 2 temps....so the 2 "hot" ones would cool more than one hot and one cooler.....

 

how did your dude log a 353? I thought MAF sensor was capped at 350?

 

cant remember who said it, I think Rote8, but isn't the cieling for the dude 365?

 

hi !

some other picts of the pettit cool pack

 

cool pack is cool.
Thanks for the w/u on that spacer---good to know. Wonder what caused that to happen?
Time to buy a case of blue rags and orange cleaning stuff?
Cars are looking really good.
May be getting time to do some cosmetics on mine--the sleeper look is getting old.
STarting to instruct on Track now--my 1st student will be this w/e. May God have Mercy
OD