ShuggsRR
Donating Member
Re: Finally Bought A Typhoon! WOOOT!
So we have fresh oil in the truck and added some fresh gas.
Took it out for a spin and drove around for awhile. It was running GREAT! Smooth idle, nice crisp shifts, etc etc We decided to do a little launch and it didnt seem to have quite as much pep as we want but still very respectable.
I pulled back upto my shop and there was smoke coming from the hood! I quickly popped it to see that there was coolant EVERYWHERE!!
It turns out that the alternator fan ripped through the radiator hose. (see blue rag in picture) So we took the new hose from the wrecked Ty. Installed it and made sure it had plenty of clearance and the hose would NOT hit again. We drove for awhile and then launched it once and same thing.
So Im guessing the motor mounts are bad and the whole motor is torquing and therefore cutting into the hose. So we did a splice job with a piece of pipe and the rad hose is good as long as there is no launch. lol
So we have fresh oil in the truck and added some fresh gas.
Took it out for a spin and drove around for awhile. It was running GREAT! Smooth idle, nice crisp shifts, etc etc We decided to do a little launch and it didnt seem to have quite as much pep as we want but still very respectable.
I pulled back upto my shop and there was smoke coming from the hood! I quickly popped it to see that there was coolant EVERYWHERE!!
It turns out that the alternator fan ripped through the radiator hose. (see blue rag in picture) So we took the new hose from the wrecked Ty. Installed it and made sure it had plenty of clearance and the hose would NOT hit again. We drove for awhile and then launched it once and same thing.
So Im guessing the motor mounts are bad and the whole motor is torquing and therefore cutting into the hose. So we did a splice job with a piece of pipe and the rad hose is good as long as there is no launch. lol