Coolant temp question. FI car running too hot.
07-29-2008, 04:57 AM
#21
Yea. I am starting to think that it is a air flow issue. Since we stood the radiator up, the lower air scoop isn't probably positioned to flow the air towards the radiator.
Has anyone else heard about blocking the air path between the intercooler and radiator, so that way the only place the radiator is getting air is from the bottom, and not the air that is being heated up by going through the intercooler? I know I read that somewhere and it seemed like good advice, I just can't find it.
Has anyone else heard about blocking the air path between the intercooler and radiator, so that way the only place the radiator is getting air is from the bottom, and not the air that is being heated up by going through the intercooler? I know I read that somewhere and it seemed like good advice, I just can't find it.
We had a similar problem on this LS1/ProCharger equipped RX7.
http://www.exoticperformanceplus.com...Car.php?car=22
It ran cool in town, would keep getting hotter and hotter on the highway. We put a larger radiator in it and redirected the airflow to it. Now it takes forever to get up to 160 degrees, then it stays there. Bob
07-29-2008, 07:43 PM
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i think i remeber reading about a roadrace vette epp worked on having cooling issues, he took off the rubber cowl seal and it helped cool it.
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09-15-2008, 01:46 AM
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I had my buddy make me an airdam and a shroud for the front and sides of the radiator, so the air gets "scooped" and directed into the radiator. He used sheet aluminum and bent it. The car does run cooler now, but its hard to say how much cooler because the weather has realy cooled off as well. Unless we have another 90+ degree day here, I wont be able to know 100% untill next summer.
