Phantom Posted June 1, 2003 Share Posted June 1, 2003 Pick one up at a wrecking yard and then modify it as required to fit your engine configuration. I'll check mine out over the next week but I don't think it had to be modified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB_BA Posted June 1, 2003 Author Share Posted June 1, 2003 Great. Well, I'll have to wait till I can have one sprayed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nic-Rebel450CA Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 If your car can't keep cool with a standard sized radiator and known good fan, then you have something else wrong. Havent seen truer words. A common cause of "overheating" when cooling equipment should be sufficient is what is going on in the combustion chambers. Double-check your timing and air/fuel mixture. (Make sure you are not too lean) Air flow has a lot to do with the cooling efficiency of the engine. If the radiator is not tight to the frame around it and the fan is not shrouded then air will tend to flow around the radiator rather than through it. Probably not as likely to be your problem if you are having trouble with heating up at idle as the only air movement (other than wind conditions) is going to be what the fan is moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Drax240z Posted July 21, 2003 Share Posted July 21, 2003 Aha!...Bigger pump...more flow...This solves nothing because the system simply cannot cool faster because the water is flowing more. Yes and no. Most heat exchanges have a peak flowrate for efficient cooling (or heating) and higher or lower flow rates will drop this efficiency. So, if you go to a radiator with a bigger core size, you may need more flow, or you may need less flow. Depends on the radiator design. Proper ducting is of huge importance at high and low rpm if you are generating more heat than usual. However, I can't think of many instances where a Z with a properly functioning cooling system would need more core frontal area. Like its been said, if you've tried everything and its still running hot, check out your tuning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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