A friend of mine is for some reason wanting to put a power steering cooler on his Firebird. Hes running a 93 V6 Firebird like myself. Since hes not racing it, I think its really pointless. I didnt think the coolers from a V8 would work on a V6...is it possible that it would? what if any benefits would it give? Sounds like a waste of time and money to me....other than to have something to draw attention to.
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LarryMow-93 V6 Firebird-No engine mods-Z06 Wheels, '98 Taillights,'98 Center Console-SLP fan switch-BMR STB, F/R Swaybars, PHB,LCA,Torque Arm, SFC, Bilsteins, Eibachs....www.cardomain.com/ride/2489691/1 -
anyone have a picture of how it looks when its installed?LarryMow-93 V6 Firebird-No engine mods-Z06 Wheels, '98 Taillights,'98 Center Console-SLP fan switch-BMR STB, F/R Swaybars, PHB,LCA,Torque Arm, SFC, Bilsteins, Eibachs....www.cardomain.com/ride/2489691/1 -
I think the PS coolers were added to the LS1 cars, perhaps as an option. I don't know the details, but I doubt there are any significant differences between the cooler for a V6 and a V8. May take a little bit of creativiy to locate all the parts correctly, but power steering fluid is not "engine specific".
Hundreds of thousands of 4th Gen F-Bodys were built without PS coolers, and I don't recall any unusual rate of failures on the systems. I think the cooler is mainly for people who Auto-X and put heavy loads on the system.Fred
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Since nobody else has chimed in, I'll give it a shot. I don't have personal experience with these, but having read f-body boards for years, I haven't seen many recommendations for PS coolers. The only place I could see it being of any practical use is auto crossing...either that or road racing.
What I would suggest, if your buddy has an auto, is to get a tranny cooler. This will most definitely extend the life of your transmission. Auto's are very suseptible to high operating temperatures.Joe K.
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