Upgraded 496ho heat exchanger
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Upgraded 496ho heat exchanger
I am in the process of building a Whipple 496ho. In the process of hanging everything for paint last night I dropped the damn heat exchanger. I think Dustin recomends an upgraded exchanger. Has anyone bought one? If so where did you get it? I would also take a used Mercury unit if someone has one available.
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Mitch:
Call Lil Bill or Scott at Victory Marine in Texas, I think they may have a stock used one they can resell you. The stock one should work just fine with a 120-140 degree stat. I don't think the oversized excahnger is warranted unless you see extremely warm water. Its a reaaly good unit with a lot of tubes and it will cool about 750 HP with the proper flow and raw water cooling system condtion. We shipped you coil relocate kit yesterday by the way.
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Call Lil Bill or Scott at Victory Marine in Texas, I think they may have a stock used one they can resell you. The stock one should work just fine with a 120-140 degree stat. I don't think the oversized excahnger is warranted unless you see extremely warm water. Its a reaaly good unit with a lot of tubes and it will cool about 750 HP with the proper flow and raw water cooling system condtion. We shipped you coil relocate kit yesterday by the way.
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I run a larger oversized heat exchanger on my blown 496. It is custom made and unfortunatley a bit pricey. It does work well though.. If you are in warmer water & running boost on that engine I wouldnt run without a larger one. Jamie
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I am in the process of building a Whipple 496ho. In the process of hanging everything for paint last night I dropped the damn heat exchanger. I think Dustin recomends an upgraded exchanger. Has anyone bought one? If so where did you get it? I would also take a used Mercury unit if someone has one available.
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Thanks for the help fellas. Thanks for the info Ray I will call them today. The heat exchanger was dropped on one end and the end was kind of egg shaped. the internals were not damaged. I have it at the radiator shop now so see if they can do any thing with it.