 Extra radiator |
 Jan 11, 2013 - 6:19 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Aug 11, '08 From London Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%)  |
Can anyone think of a down side of adding an extra smaller radiator to work in conjunction with the stock radiator for extra cooling? BMW's are doing this for the 1M.
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Jan 11, 2013 - 9:29 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 29, '11 From Haltom City, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Here are three additional ways to improve the cooling efficiency-
Buy a new radiator, you can go for more cores, and they also sell radiators that are triple pass, that is the coolant flows across 3 times before it exits the radiator. Ive always wanted to file the impeller blades sharp to reduce the drag and cavitation they experience. Lastly you can fill the bottom 1/2 to 2/3s of the engine block with concrete and epoxy or engine block filler(they make stuff specifically for this). Not only will this stiffen the block, it will reduce the volume of the water jackets which will cause the coolant to circulate faster. The combustion only occurs at the cylinder head and the top couple percent of the engine block, so there is no need to cool the bottom of the cylinder. |
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yellowchinaman Extra radiator Jan 11, 2013 - 6:19 AM
Nial I have been reading your stuff over on the DC I th... Jan 11, 2013 - 6:51 AM yellowchinaman Nial you're like magicman. I can always trust ... Jan 11, 2013 - 7:55 AM Special_Edy Increased drag on the waterpump. You wont notice t... Jan 11, 2013 - 8:50 AM
yellowchinaman QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Jan 11, 2013 - 8... Jan 11, 2013 - 9:14 AM delusionz I was thinking of something exactly like this too,... Jan 11, 2013 - 8:51 AM delusionz i agree with the point made about extra cooling ou... Jan 11, 2013 - 8:59 AM Smaay there is no point in another cooler. as for the li... Jan 11, 2013 - 9:51 AM yellowchinaman QUOTE (Smaay @ Jan 11, 2013 - 9:51 A... Jan 11, 2013 - 10:48 AM Nial One thing you want to be careful of when adding co... Jan 11, 2013 - 10:55 AM yellowchinaman so what do you think of extra cooling of the charg... Jan 11, 2013 - 11:03 AM Nial QUOTE (yellowchinaman @ Jan 11, 2013 - 1... Jan 11, 2013 - 11:22 AM yellowchinaman QUOTE (Nial @ Jan 11, 2013 - 11:22 A... Jan 11, 2013 - 12:09 PM Special_Edy Wouldnt it be cool to solder copper lines to your ... Jan 11, 2013 - 11:21 AM Nial The weak link in the charge cooler system is the c... Jan 11, 2013 - 2:31 PM yellowchinaman QUOTE (Nial @ Jan 11, 2013 - 2:31 PM... Jan 11, 2013 - 3:14 PM delusionz what kind of temps are you guys getting? mine runs... Jan 11, 2013 - 6:20 PM |
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