XR Coolant Plumbing
Posted by Skye
Skye Nott Mega Moderator Location: Vancouveh Join Date: 12/18/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 476 Rally Car: Xratty |
I think I've got it figured out, pretty simple really, after you get rid of all the stock crap. Here's my current plan:
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That is indeed the intended purpose. I dont even use the water cooling on my street driven cars. to me, i would rather simplify the cooling system and try to avoid future points of failure that are more likely to happen. And I also use sythetic oil that is very resistant to coking
your plan looks good to me Skye. |
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NoCoast Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I don't have to eliminate mine. It's already been > done for me. > > People look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them > to either get rid of it, or put a cooler on the > return line. I never understood that really. I > can't imagine with the temp a turbo is at the > water can be very effective and it's simply super > heating the water. > 
For a race car that's going to chew up the wheels before the bearings go, not important. For a street car that you want to just leave the hell alone without having to fuck around with it all the time, I'd leave it functional, maybe use AN hoses if you're worried about myriad coolant hoses running around waiting to explode. Note those temps are Celcius not Fahrenheit. Even synthetic oil will turn to gunk if it gets to those temps. Pete Remner Cleveland, Ohio 1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing) 1978 Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver. |
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Not on the car, but here's what the ovlov unit looks like. I think I forgot my bracket in JVL's trunk...
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