General Supercharger Thread

The trans thermostat I got is 160, so I guess I'll see what that gets me overall, I can buy a different element if I need to change the temp. Did you have issues at the lower temp?

 

No, I didn't and it was winter when I was testing the 103TB. I was going off of, I believe, that Toyota WS is at optimal viscosity at 190 and for longevity. I would have to look for the reference.

 

ditto - i have yet to strike oil in my catch can.

it's tinted brown in there tho....does that count?

I think it's the Houston climate.

I have the older version of the radium


How do you know if it’s working?

 

mine smells like oil lol
But that’s about it. Like the la croix of catch cans.

 

Help a brother out. Happy to see if it makes a difference. Would like to get some benefit from the catch can given the money spent.

 

Post no. 12136 by @PolishedTRD

https://www.tundras.com/threads/general-supercharger-thread.85513/page-405#post-3405992

And 17064 for the fix
https://www.tundras.com/threads/general-supercharger-thread.85513/page-569#post-3640555

 

What MDL posted. That's my post about the same issue, no oil. Now that I removed all that garbage it works.

 

much appreciated @Mdl and @pursuit2550 . I'll be doing this once I have my truck back

 

Oil cooler lines deleted and coolant lines adjusted...thinking about taking that water-cross over pipe off and drilling/tapping that unused boss for my electric fan thermo switch. @Mdl , where did you mount your coolant temp sensor?

 

Fancy catch cans are a waste of money. The $20 Amazon ones work great and have the same quality. And this is speaking as someone with a Radium on the Tundra.

 

Upper rad hose tapped to fit the 195 deg BMW thermostat. The 195 works great with the stock engine thermo. No short cycling of the e-fan. The cross over seems like a decent location. I got new silicone hoses and was thinking about a new spot.

 

Thank you sir, I got a painless wiring switch that's on at 195, off at 185. I've already got the coolant drained, so I'm going to take off the crossover pipe and see if it's thick enough.

 

Things I wish I would have known lol

 

That has been working great for me. Let me know how it goes before I hack up my new hose. Haha

 

You and me both. I do have the older Radium and it works as it should but was expensive.

 

Thanks! I'm going to go the Amazon route for one.

Any good mounting locations? I saw on the J&L site they use a mount just to the right of the radiator.

 

Looks promising, this is drilled with the bit that came with the 3/8 npt tap. I will try tapping it later tonight.

 

Not particularly, and depending on the blower, intake, and coolant reservoir there's spots that work better on some trucks than others.

This spot was a little funky but ultimately in a spot not used for anything and gave good access to unscrew the can and was a bracket going to some unused tapped holes on the driver's valve cover.



Pro speed "mounts" theirs off the passenger side top of the blower which actually isn't a bad spot. Where Radium mounts theirs next to the radiator is good but can be a bit tricky to unscrew. IMO the radium mounting bracket is the ONLY reason to get their catch can, and even then I think their bracket needs to be modified to actually be worthwhile. I'll make anyone a bracket to help them avoid the cost of the radium if that's what pushes someone to their can.

 

I'd be down for buying a bracket if you have the time. I'm fine placing it wherever the hive-mind thinks is best for a Whipple setup.

 

If you can make a drawing with some dimensions I can cut it on the plasma table and send it over for cheap. Will certainly beat the effort and looks of using an angle grinder to make something!

 

Haha. Don't zoom in on my hack jobs...

 

Ok, i'll have to wait till after the install to figure out what's going where, but i should be able to draw something up.

 

@Mdl the lsd shipped!

 

Mine too. I gotta keep track of where I'm posting. Got like 6 pages open on my phone and got fubar'd.

 

I got a solid 3 threads out of the crossover pipe, sensor mounts solid and clears the coolant hose. Bottom of sensor is flush with the pipe housing.

 

@Mdl look what you’ve done!

 

I mustve blacked out a few pages, what's this for again? Looks great and functional, regardless!

 

I'm switching over to an electric fan, this is the thermo switch that turns the fan on at 195 and off at 185. I just got the fan mounted, need to slap a plug on it and mount the radiator back in the truck. This fan looks so small compared to the stock clutch fan.

 

I asked about a military discount. I was surprised when she told me if I could wait until the black Friday sale they big even bigger savings. Should be here this week and I'm setup for the install. Will see how it holds up

 

I was able to fit a Lincoln fan in the shroud. It cleared the back of the radiator by an inch. I still have about 1.5 inch opening around the shroud. I planned to block it off but never did. Still pulls lots of air and cooling in heavy traffic and 90 deg out.
A 1999-2001 jeep grand Cherokee efan from the 4.7 pulls some high cfm's too. I bought 2 spare electric motors for the Lincoln fan. Just replaced it this summer, not bad for a 30 year old fan.
Good luck!