focking long night, didnt get much done either, pods now on, intercooler piping finished, exhuast started. and im tired and annoyed had a few probs but yeah... should sort them tommorow and be able to finish the exhuast soon. then its worrying about the turbo cooling which shouldnt be hard. eh tired going to bed
An oil cooler is not really necessary for a street car unless you are frequently visiting the twisties and giving hell through there. In some cases it can be bad because it will make the oil TOO cool.
Any additional cooling you can give to a modified engine the better. there is no such thing as too cool, the oem heat exchange systems will control everything as required.
Also, as the air moving over the radiator is at the same pressure as the air flowing through the open hole where the condenser used to be (also the same pressure as the engine bay) please explain how less air will flow over your core with a "gaping" hole.
There are no ill effects of leaving this area open, except for maybe taking a small bird and subsequently grilling it on your header/manifold. And the only way you are going to get more air over your rad core is to direct it there with some sort of over engineered aluminum splitter and shroud. Waste of time on a road car. especially for the sake of a cooling difference you cannot quantify and especially when the stock honda radiator setup will do the job perfectly. If not, there are plenty of All aluminum items that may be used instead of the oem core.
Go spend some effort on cleaning your wheels or somthing instead of wasting time posting about "gaping holes" that may or may not affect your cooling...
Last edited by Photonic_Si; 20-04-2007 at 09:31 AM.
Because its easier for the air to go through the big gap rather then through the small gaps in the radiator.
At the moment i reckon only 30 to 40 % of the air will be going through the radiator, where as if you blank the hole up the air has no where else to go apart from through the radiator. Some of it will find its way through small gaps above the radiator etc but i reckon about 95% of the air will make its way through the radiator now which is alot more then what there was originally.
Have a chat to anyone that has built a hi powered car before and who has had heat management issues. They'll tell you similiar things. Also, have a look at alot of the major drift cars. They have lots of problems with heat because the engine is doin heaps of work and most of the time there is very little air flow going through the front of the car. They really need to get on top of the air flow/heat management problems in order to make a reliable car.
EDIT: Obviously honda's don't drift but airflow is airflow and heat is heat.
like i said. wash your wheels, its a honda. honda's near to never have cooling issues, unless there is a broken part.
And drift cars have heat issues because they are always going sideways and slow and hardly ever straight ahead where maximum airflow is had. Thats why they have elaborate aluminium splitters. Also, look at the style of bodykit. you think that the big front lips and huge airdam is just style? In australia it is, but it all stemmed from grabbing air from the surrounding panels and ducting it towards the rad opening. This is the only way to ram air into the radiator and having a hole next to the radiator is not going to affect it.
Last edited by Photonic_Si; 20-04-2007 at 10:07 AM.
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