Champion Cooling Systems
There’s definitely a wrong way to install an electric cooling fan, but there are a couple of correct ways to install a single or dual fan setup. Here we’ll show some best practices for installing your electric fan, and provide some pointers for a smooth installation.
When it comes to keeping your transmission functioning properly, your fluid needs to be hot enough to keep itself cool under pressure. often time, people assume that they can just add a larger cooler, but that could cause internal issues with your transmission.
One area of a Hellcat Swap to a classic Mopar that needs attention is the bulky OE Intercooler Manifold. It’s big, and it’s ugly, and it needs to go. There are a couple of choices to replace it, and we called on our friends at Holley to help us with a solution.
If you’ve ever walked past a car and wondered why the cooling fans are still running, that usually means they wired the fans differently. If you think that’s draining the battery unnecessarily, you’re correct, and we’ll explain why it’s not necessary.
Once you fall into under the spell of dressing up your engine compartment, there are some items that provide great looks but they either don’t provide a performance gain – or they claim to increase power only to fall short when it comes to function. Flex fans can deceive you.
Installing a lower-temp thermostat because your engine runs too hot isn’t going to change anything, your thermostat doesn’t necessarily control the temperature – it regulates the temperature. We explain a little more about how your thermostat functions.
Our Inline Coolant Filters are an essential part of your cooling system’s maintenance, allowing you to inspect the condition of your coolant at any time, regardless of engine coolant temperature. We’ll show you the proper way to clean your filter element.
For part two, we address the mounting of the two information display screens that are provided with the Dakota Digital HDX Series instruments. Finding a mounting location was simple once we saw that Dakota Digital had several options.
The Hellcat Redeye engine is home, and it’s time for some clean up to make it look like new. The before and after is a good showing of what some elbow grease and determination will do for you.
There’s a difference between an overflow tank and an expansion tank. We explain the differences here, it’s based on whether you have a sealed system, or a vented system, and that can affect which coolant you should use.