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Wow I don't know what kind of Honda half width you are using but those temps are too high and not acceptable.
My car doesn't run anywhere near that hot, as a matter of fact I don't think it's ever seen 200 degrees in any condition. Driving down the road it runs too cool actually and I have to be careful how the warm up enrichment is set up so I don't fall back into it.
I'm looking a log now of vwjeff's car, he was running CBRD's half width, which runs hotter than ours does on the dyno. On a LONG 4th gear pull with the air only from fans on the dyno at 40 psi of boost the coolant temps went from 197 to 203 and that's the hottest log I have of the car. That is also running the stock water pump, Spal fan we use and a stock thermostat.
My car runs no thermostat at all and I run the electric pump, it stays too cold most of the time.
The new Fluidyne custom radiators we had built are kick *** pieces.
My car doesn't run anywhere near that hot, as a matter of fact I don't think it's ever seen 200 degrees in any condition. Driving down the road it runs too cool actually and I have to be careful how the warm up enrichment is set up so I don't fall back into it.
I'm looking a log now of vwjeff's car, he was running CBRD's half width, which runs hotter than ours does on the dyno. On a LONG 4th gear pull with the air only from fans on the dyno at 40 psi of boost the coolant temps went from 197 to 203 and that's the hottest log I have of the car. That is also running the stock water pump, Spal fan we use and a stock thermostat.
My car runs no thermostat at all and I run the electric pump, it stays too cold most of the time.
The new Fluidyne custom radiators we had built are kick *** pieces.
I agree with david most of the half widths should work fine,
we revised ours after david found our dense cores werent cooling as well as anticipated.
cb
Or the 100 degree thin air we have up here just sucks for cooling too? With a stock radiator my car ran at 195-200.
Doesn't change the fact that I do want to get it down to the 180-185 range though.
Back to the topic though,
You'll need custom lines and a drier to make this work as the drier is part of the stock condenser.
Doesn't change the fact that I do want to get it down to the 180-185 range though.
Back to the topic though,
You'll need custom lines and a drier to make this work as the drier is part of the stock condenser.
Last edited by 03whitegsr; Jul 22, 2010 at 03:13 PM.
03whitegsr,
Jeff's in Vegas now it's been 112 there, I haven't seen a log from him driving on the road but I'll request on from him.
I'd recommend a lower thermostat in your car, Jeff's running stock too and the temps are MUCH hotter than mine. My car runs no stat at all, -10 lines and the electric pump. It's been in the mid-90's here, it runs very very cool, I tried to find a log today from driving and I couldn't but judging from the temp gauge I doubt it's running much over 150 degrees at cruise.
Jeff's in Vegas now it's been 112 there, I haven't seen a log from him driving on the road but I'll request on from him.
I'd recommend a lower thermostat in your car, Jeff's running stock too and the temps are MUCH hotter than mine. My car runs no stat at all, -10 lines and the electric pump. It's been in the mid-90's here, it runs very very cool, I tried to find a log today from driving and I couldn't but judging from the temp gauge I doubt it's running much over 150 degrees at cruise.
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It would be interesting to see a log in that temp. I think the biggest problem is just the fan control as the soonest you can turn the fan on is 187F with the stock ECU. I think to avoid further off topic rambling, I'll just start a new thread in the ECUFlash forum.
03white, the fan has little to no effect on cooling once you are driving down the road, mine is usually off actually. Are your temps as hot as you say at cruise say at 60 mph too? What brand radiator do you have?
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check out mine car front face kit, There are ETS 6765 precision turbo kit with very small 4" long k&n filter.
Little bit of work you could make the civic A/C work
If you need a 1/2 cut rad, we can build you one or use a CBRD.Michael
great info. comparing my car to these temps you guys are posting makes me worry. i dont get it either.
i run a stock pump and stock T-stat. with a CBRD FULL rad 12 inch spal fan no A/C condenser and my temps are cruising speeds are 185/195. when i do a pull or drag pass i see 200 to 210. i dont know if the gauge is accurate or what.
dave i was thinking of trying a 10 degree less T-stat but i dont know where to find one. can you run a T-stat on an electric water pump system?
i run a stock pump and stock T-stat. with a CBRD FULL rad 12 inch spal fan no A/C condenser and my temps are cruising speeds are 185/195. when i do a pull or drag pass i see 200 to 210. i dont know if the gauge is accurate or what.
dave i was thinking of trying a 10 degree less T-stat but i dont know where to find one. can you run a T-stat on an electric water pump system?
great info. comparing my car to these temps you guys are posting makes me worry. i dont get it either.
i run a stock pump and stock T-stat. with a CBRD FULL rad 12 inch spal fan no A/C condenser and my temps are cruising speeds are 185/195. when i do a pull or drag pass i see 200 to 210. i dont know if the gauge is accurate or what.
dave i was thinking of trying a 10 degree less T-stat but i dont know where to find one. can you run a T-stat on an electric water pump system?
i run a stock pump and stock T-stat. with a CBRD FULL rad 12 inch spal fan no A/C condenser and my temps are cruising speeds are 185/195. when i do a pull or drag pass i see 200 to 210. i dont know if the gauge is accurate or what.
dave i was thinking of trying a 10 degree less T-stat but i dont know where to find one. can you run a T-stat on an electric water pump system?
great info. comparing my car to these temps you guys are posting makes me worry. i dont get it either.
i run a stock pump and stock T-stat. with a CBRD FULL rad 12 inch spal fan no A/C condenser and my temps are cruising speeds are 185/195. when i do a pull or drag pass i see 200 to 210. i dont know if the gauge is accurate or what.
dave i was thinking of trying a 10 degree less T-stat but i dont know where to find one. can you run a T-stat on an electric water pump system?
i run a stock pump and stock T-stat. with a CBRD FULL rad 12 inch spal fan no A/C condenser and my temps are cruising speeds are 185/195. when i do a pull or drag pass i see 200 to 210. i dont know if the gauge is accurate or what.
dave i was thinking of trying a 10 degree less T-stat but i dont know where to find one. can you run a T-stat on an electric water pump system?
I never paid much attention to mine with the stock radiator on it, but with the half radiator, I get my numbers right from the aem.
Fathouse
how about running 2 fans at 1 time ?
thats wat im gona try now ,i hope ill fix my problem as my car starts over heating in stop and go traffic with civic style mishimoto radiater and singal fan .
will keep u guyz updated if the 2nd fan will help me in summers here where the outside temps r 45c ..
thanx
thats wat im gona try now ,i hope ill fix my problem as my car starts over heating in stop and go traffic with civic style mishimoto radiater and singal fan .
will keep u guyz updated if the 2nd fan will help me in summers here where the outside temps r 45c ..
thanx