Cooling

The humble coolant expansion tank... odds are you've not given the one on your C5 Corvette much more though than "does it have coolant in it". Unfortunately though with Corvettes starting push 20 years old now the plastic these are made of is starting to really show it's age and fail for many owners. The most common source of failure is where a hose returns from the radiator. That hose has no strain relief on it, so every bounce and ...

The C5 Corvette is a hoover. It quite literally drives down the street sucking air up and shoving it through the radiator to cool the car. This works quite effectively and manages to keep the car low profile... but it also sucks up a ton of debris from the road! Thus, if you're looking to help your car stay cool and happy, keep reading! So we've identified the problem. let's start with the simplest way to tackle this: You can ...

The C5 Corvette LS1 Engine ships from the factory with a 4 port steam port crossover that runs under the intake manifold. This steamport crossover helps ensure that steam cannot get trapped in any of the pockets of the head resulting in a hot spot which can lead to head gasket failure and/or other catastrophic engine failure. Thus, the steam port crossover on heads has a use, and an important one at that. That said, Many folks will note that ...

As I started to experience some rather significant overheating problems during various track days, I began researching all of the different options out there folks are using. I then decided to put this article together to help others, or even just collect my own thoughts. Much information on this topic is now lost to old forum posts where pictures used to be present and then the hosting service was canceled. In some cases the original posters event went back and ...