The best Chiller for a Stocker/ Super stocker? - Page 2

Randall Klein · 08-20-2014, 05:00 PM

I'd worry about cracking a head (SS)
Any thoughts on that problem?

Bill Edgeworth · 08-20-2014, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Randall Klein

I'd worry about cracking a head (SS)
Any thoughts on that problem?

I think in Jims article he mentions you should first cool it down by conventional means to prevent thermal shock then use the chiller to get it stone cold.

Ed Wright · 08-20-2014, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Randall Klein

I'd worry about cracking a head (SS)
Any thoughts on that problem?

Randall, I have never hooked mine up to an engine over 140 degrees, or so. I have a cool-down battery I use normally, I have a four pin connector that connects my electric water pump and two fans to the ECM in the car. I have a set of leads from my cool down battery with the same connector as goes on the leads going inside the car. I unplug the car from the fans & water pump, and plug that, battery in. An hour, hour & a half or so sitting there with the pump & fans running normally brings it back down to about ambient temp. I would get it down to 130 or so before hooking up the chiller.

FED 387 · 08-20-2014, 07:15 PM

Let common sense prevail here guys ya just don't slap a hose & hook up 50* water to a 200* engine with a iron block or heads. You let it cool down a bit and while you are cooling it down by circulating the water that is already in the engine you "slowly" over -20-30 seconds let cold water into the cooling system from the chiller. It doesn't take long to drop that temp the metal will cool pretty fast while the oil is gonna stay hot---in 10-15 minutes that block will be sweating its so cold!!

08-20-2014, 05:00 PM	#11
Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 784 Likes: 45 Liked 317 Times in 66 Posts	Re: The best Chiller for a Stocker/ Super stocker? I'd worry about cracking a head (SS) Any thoughts on that problem?

08-20-2014, 07:15 PM	#14
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,349 Likes: 324 Liked 280 Times in 150 Posts	Re: The best Chiller for a Stocker/ Super stocker? Let common sense prevail here guys ya just don't slap a hose & hook up 50* water to a 200* engine with a iron block or heads. You let it cool down a bit and while you are cooling it down by circulating the water that is already in the engine you "slowly" over -20-30 seconds let cold water into the cooling system from the chiller. It doesn't take long to drop that temp the metal will cool pretty fast while the oil is gonna stay hot---in 10-15 minutes that block will be sweating its so cold!!