LiveFree0rDie
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I live in AZ and jeeping in the summer can be kind of touch and go with the heat management of my JKU Rubi. I had an LS 6.0 motor swap by Robbie's crew over at Motech. I tried his prototype radiator which seemed to work well when towing a trailer up to Flagstaff in the summer... temp went from the usual dead-center to about the 3/4 mark when I had to drop down to low gear and run it at high RPMs during the steeper parts of the drive. The radiator did develop a problem and due to time constraints I had a local shop just put a stock one back in because I couldn't wait for one from Vegas. No digs on Robbie, it was one that one of his guys was experimenting with and we understood it wasn't time-tested.
That being said, I did Chivo falls this weekend and even though it was 60 degrees out, the temp at idle/slow crawls did creep up a notch. That doesn't bode well for spring or summer trips with this stock radiator/fan.
Any of you guys in the desert area find a rock solid heat management solution? I know Robbie now offers some aftermarket modded radiators and fans, but I don't know if I'm up for a Vegas trip any time soon. I was thinking a vented hood might make it more tolerable? Not sure if they are truly functional or more cosmetic.
If it helps, I do have the large WARN winch with the compressor (love that thing... with Monster valves, it gets 37's from 10lbs to 30lbs in about a minute each) but the winch is sunk down in the bumper and barely blocks the radiator. And it seems like the gauge moves more often when idling in line waiting to tackle an obstacle and sometimes when slow crawling. Driving around never budges unless I am doing extended drives at low-gear/high-RPM to get up to the mountains.
I know there are a TON of Wayalife guys in AZ and maybe a couple with aftermarket motors that may have already solved this?
Thanks in advance. LFoD
That being said, I did Chivo falls this weekend and even though it was 60 degrees out, the temp at idle/slow crawls did creep up a notch. That doesn't bode well for spring or summer trips with this stock radiator/fan.
Any of you guys in the desert area find a rock solid heat management solution? I know Robbie now offers some aftermarket modded radiators and fans, but I don't know if I'm up for a Vegas trip any time soon. I was thinking a vented hood might make it more tolerable? Not sure if they are truly functional or more cosmetic.
If it helps, I do have the large WARN winch with the compressor (love that thing... with Monster valves, it gets 37's from 10lbs to 30lbs in about a minute each) but the winch is sunk down in the bumper and barely blocks the radiator. And it seems like the gauge moves more often when idling in line waiting to tackle an obstacle and sometimes when slow crawling. Driving around never budges unless I am doing extended drives at low-gear/high-RPM to get up to the mountains.
I know there are a TON of Wayalife guys in AZ and maybe a couple with aftermarket motors that may have already solved this?
Thanks in advance. LFoD