Need recommendation on keeping my FD as cool as possible
09-20-01, 11:53 PM
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Need recommendation on keeping my FD as cool as possible
I have a stock FD and am looking for ideas to make it more reliable and COOL....
---New Fluidyne radiator?
---New Thermostat?
Anything else?
---New Fluidyne radiator?
---New Thermostat?
Anything else?
09-21-01, 12:22 AM
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Get a new radiator. I've heard alot of good things about the fluidyne radiator.
Get a downpipe. They are pretty much all the same. That will get rid of the pre-cat that keeps alot of heat in the engine bay.
Depending on your climate you might want to run something like a 70% water 30% coolant mix in the cooling system.
If you want to be even safer you can upgrade your oil coolers.
Also do the fan mod if you havn't done so.
Get a downpipe. They are pretty much all the same. That will get rid of the pre-cat that keeps alot of heat in the engine bay.
Depending on your climate you might want to run something like a 70% water 30% coolant mix in the cooling system.
If you want to be even safer you can upgrade your oil coolers.
Also do the fan mod if you havn't done so.
09-21-01, 04:16 AM
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Make sure all the ducting is in order. The foam strip below the radiator blows out and might need to be replaced. Also be sure to fully fasten the plastic underbelly. Run sythetic oil and Water Wetter. Richen your mixture a little if it is on the lean end of the safe scale. There are a lot of little things like this that can help.
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09-21-01, 06:10 AM
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Remove those black plastic inserts on either side of the air intake opening in the nose. That will enlarge the overall intake opening and allow more air into the radiator and motor.
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09-21-01, 04:54 PM
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I read that in 180° F or below the car is not hot enough, the computer does not allow the engine to swallow all the air/fuel mixture possible.
Reference: www.scuderiaciriani.com
With he parking lights off the fans come out in aprox. 230° F.
With the parking lights on the fans come out in aprox. 210 °F.
How I live in a hot place and I don´t have a bigger radiator yet I keep my parking light on all time so the engine is in 210° almost all time.
In the traffic jam you could turn on the A/C it keeps the temp in 210° F too.
Reference: www.scuderiaciriani.com
With he parking lights off the fans come out in aprox. 230° F.
With the parking lights on the fans come out in aprox. 210 °F.
How I live in a hot place and I don´t have a bigger radiator yet I keep my parking light on all time so the engine is in 210° almost all time.
In the traffic jam you could turn on the A/C it keeps the temp in 210° F too.
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