yihaw

I just read over the high pressure power steering line and they have crimped metal to join the lines. I just bought a power steering cooler from summit racing and i was wondering if the hose and fittings would work properly. all they gave me was a 2 1/2 foot rubber hose with 4 hose fittings. would i be able to cut the stock cooler under the engine and just add the line to the cooler and return the line back to the stock cooler. or would the pressure of the power steering force the new line and fittings to back out. thanks

Biggu

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No you wont be able to do it like that, in a stock SC there is already one on the driver side under the bumper it just looks like pipes going all over the place. remove that and clamp the rubber hose to where the old one went and your done


see where the towl is? between the bumper support and where the towl you just remove those 2 rubber hoses and attach your old new ones there.

thren mount your PS cooler up front.

mine for example.

5sp_jzz30

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^^^^tis the truth. that what im doing before season starts

breakb

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how much do p/s coolers cost? i'm going to have my tranny cooler put in, and i guess i'll go get a p/s one as well and have it put in same time. yes it's for drifting. so i'm guessing it's a good thing to have? i don't do drift days because there's no track down here, it's just street. so should i still get one you think or is the stock on good? and the person i went to said our cars have stock tranny coolers? and does the stock p/s cooler just not do the job or sumtin?

peace out

Biggu

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Please don't street drift, street drifting give regular drifters a bad name.

With that being said a stock Automatic car will have a transmission cooler on it but not a manual car.

P/S cooler probably isnt needed but i just had the cooler laying around and figure why not its not being used.

for a street driven car what comes stock is fine, once you go above and beyond you may want more.

LexusFTW

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Get a stock SC400 hydraulic fan cooler. That's what I'm using and it mounts in a stock location. It's perfect for a PS cooler.

breakb

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the person i took my car too said the cooler that you guys pointed above is the tranny cooler, but is upgrading still a good idea anyways? and also is the hydraulic fan cooler bigger then the stock p/s cooler?

Peace out

yihaw

only reason i am getting a powersteering cooler is b.c i plan on taking the car to drift event this season and i have already blown a powersteering pump from boiling the **** out of it. dont really think you need one if you dont plan on drifting or track racing. i got my cooler for like 30 buck off summit racing.

breakb

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alright, just wondering. maybe when a track opens up. would putting an aftermarket tranny cooler be better then our stock one though?

Peace out

BigWaveSC

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I would think your stock one is effective but a bigger one would only help.
plus I look at it as you have more fluid in the system with a bigger cooler.

breakb

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hmmmm...maybe i'll get one put in when our track opens up. it's in the process right now, but soon i hope! then can rep the sc's at the hawaii track! guess i'll just stick wit the stock one. i usually just keep it in one gear, and when i was shifting through it, it seemed ok. trans still works the same too. but maybe i'll get a p/s cooler. that's always handy if anything.

peace out

KahnBB6

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Bringing this post back from the dead just to clarify some information.

(Edited heavily since doing more research)

So I was inspired by the transmission cooler setup in this thread and the info provided here about the facotry SC400 PS / fan coolers:

I've bought a Hayden 678 fluid cooler and I want to copy this guy's mounting setup to be used as a PS cooler.

I understand where to connect the PS lines from but I want to know if I should connect the existing hard cooling lines to just plug them off with nipples.

Thanks!