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posted on October 19th, 2014 at 04:05 PM
In fact, a thermostat will also slow the coolant down enough to cool it properly in the radiator(s).
Just to add an extra bit of thinking to your fine tuning...
Ricola (do a search to find his cabrio) did some serious testing and computer modelling re radiator scoops and ducting a few years ago. He discovered
that to get your radiator working effectively, it needs a scoop that has a surface area of 40% of the radiator surface. Any less than that and it
doesn't supply enough air. Additionally, that scoop has to be placed in a position where is gets laminar airflow. That is, uninterupted, smooth
airflow like you'd expect at the front of a vehicle.
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posted on October 20th, 2014 at 06:21 PM
cool running it wont hurt your motor that you got out of a $500 car with 200k is better then over heating and cooking your engine '
don't take the scoops off .
you can test your cooling system by driving around in 2nd or 3rd gear at high revs , eg 100kph in 3rd for a long time and see what the temp does .
vlad01 would know about getting heat into commodore by driving around in 2nd gear , as it was how you tested for a bad crank angle sensor . but the
motor wouldn't over heat .
Dual flow radiators work good
This simply means the coolant passes through TWO times instead of ONE. Which, even more simply put means TWICE the cooling and half the size radiator
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car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again.
is better then over heating and cooking your engine '
