Another DA9 Turbo

[Lukezen27]

What makes you say these fans are shit?
I would have thought that it was pretty obvious that the cooler piping both comes out the same side so as to give enough room to leave the AC in there.
there is no AC hole, as you can see in the photos I still have a full size radiator. with a 12" and a 10" fan. It was heating up at a stop with only the 12" in there but as soon as the 10" went in as well I have not had an issue, temp actually came down slightly while i was at a set of lights. I am sure that the cooling is up to it.
I checked hondatech but a search for 'fans', 'cooling' and 'radiator' turned up zero, any particular brand you would suggest? I had a Davies Craig 12 inch previously rated at 140w (prior to turbo) and this FAL one is rated at 200w and feels like it is pushing a lot more air. cant remember the CFM rating, something like 2000, not that you can judge by that kind of advertisement anyway as CFM ratings can be twisted a bit.

followed steps 1 to 4 twice. I am sure it is the headgasket, although the coolant is clean and I did not notice an obvious smell (not that I sniffed it)

Sorry I was the bearer of bad news

My coolant was also clean, I think it depends what quality coolant and age you have weather or not it gets smokey..

Better you get it fixed now before you really break something anyway!

Head gaskets are cheap to replace compared to a complete rebuild after a big overheat...

New HG + ARP head studs torqued down to 72 - 75

Also this may be just a coincidence but my temps dropped round quite a bit about the same time my problems started happening..

Luke

[Weq]

My coolant was also clean, I think it depends what quality coolant and age you have weather or not it gets smokey..

Its not an age thing. It gets smokey cause exhaust gas is being pushed into the cooling system. Carbon deposits and everything else.