Stillen SC - put on your seat belts

Chuck33079

A bigger radiator, an oil cooler and a bigger intercooler/heat exchanger would be very helpful in keeping temps down. Maybe upgraded radiator fans. Meth injection would help keep the intake charge cool. Maybe look into a vented hood. You're in a hot climate, these cars run hot anyway, and boosting a car adds heat.

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Shamrock

So these things you speak of are necessary even if I run the stillen kit stock? Forgive my ignorance but does the GTM kids run cooler? The GTM kit does not need these upgrades? All these questions are to help prevent future damage which like everything here cost a ###load

thanks
Bart

theDreamer

No, no kit "requires" any of this but doing so is more of an opportunity cost.
Spend a little extra now, for you a bit more because of fees & such, but save yourself in the long run. Protecting the engine is key when throwing on this much extra power, heat, and more. Investing a few extra grand now to save your engine in the long run is a much better idea than not spending it now and messing up your engine and dropping 4-5x that much to get it fixed.

On the things listed you can sort of pick/choose how you want to do it.
If you upgrade the radiator consider the fans with it because it all comes out and saves you labor and time. For other items compare and contrast price, install labor, etc and see what you want to do.
Oil cooler I will say is a requirement on this car, even bone stock it runs hot.

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