I have a stock FD and am looking for ideas to make it more reliable and COOL....

---New Fluidyne radiator?
---New Thermostat?

Anything else?

 

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.

 

Don't forget to buy a 1.1 bar radiator cap from M2 performance.com

 

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.

-Max

 

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.

 

Move to Canada!
Do the Fan Mod. I turn mine on when ever the temp gets above 180
Get a Vented hood.
Down Pipe is a must.
MP helps a little.
Use the parking lights

 

vented hood helps

 

Pull the turbos and go NA.

 

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.

 

surround your car in a bubble full of liquid nitrogen!