Cheap but effective heat removal

[Wibbit]

I am thinking of copying the drift cars that put washers on the bonnet mounts so that the back end of the bonnet is raised, allowing hot air to be sucked out of the engine bay... im thinking of getting into racing and this will in theory help keep temps down, maybe ill just leave it raised for the street as well. has anyone had any experience with this?

[YESCA]

I haven't but I am pretty intrested as well so yes any info would help.

[chronoti]

you can rip the back rubber seal off that should give you some more space as well, also your gona want to keep your vents set to recirtulate or else your smelling alot of your engine fumes and what not.

[initial-T]

that' some serious racing you plan on doing. hmmm...well unless you plan to really push your engine like drifters do, it should be fine the way it is. i can't see anyone with a FWD setup needing to create that much cooling for their engine, but hey, every little bit helps, aye?

[bassthrive]

Saw this on Monster Garage when they built the pike's peak car. What about setting up a mister system for the radiator? I suppose you could tap two or three additional sprayers into the windshield washer reservior (water not washer fluid) and mount them up front.

Stick on a valve that turns the flow from normal operation to radiator mist so you dont lose your washers for normal driving. Then at the track, pull the window washer lever to cool your engine in a pinch.


- Paul

[Razo-E]

Originally posted by bassthrive
I suppose you could tap two or three additional sprayers into the windshield washer reservior (water not washer fluid) and mount them up front.

Tony the tiger did this, but on his IC...


might want to search a couple of old posts, and see how/what he did...

[SmokingTires]

Hood vents would work just as well With not odd looking changes. Like some of an Evo8. Sucks the hot air out and pulls more air though the radiator. Keeps the whole engine cool.

But unless you are doing something like NASCAR where you will be driving for really long periods of time, you really won't need it. Stuff like Auto-x are just short 1min runs. Nothing that is going to kill your engine.

[initial-T]

ya, but the washer thing will lose a lot of pressure splitting it any more than it is, so it's probly best to install a new sprayer, one that will work better if you use this idea, and not so boro.

[jhbhatia]

Originally posted by SmokingTiresV6
Hood vents would work just as well With not odd looking changes. Like some of an Evo8. Sucks the hot air out and pulls more air though the radiator. Keeps the whole engine cool.

^^ yep....you were thinking evo, i was thinking Celica RC!

[initial-T]

Originally posted by jhbhatia
^^ yep....you were thinking evo, i was thinking Celica RC!

evo, celica rc, i was thinkin a lot of those silvia drifters at d1.

[amerikim]

The only thing I want at this point is a trannie cooler, because my tran sucks donkey ass.

[Luckynumber5]

you could try heat wrapping the headers, and running some 40 below in your antifreeze

[initial-T]

Originally posted by Luckynumber5
you could try heat wrapping the headers, and running some 40 below in your antifreeze

by 40 below do you mean running anti-freeze designed for temperatures below 40 degrees, or another meaning?

cuz if u mean 40 degrees and below, wouldn't it make the engine hotter since it probly takes more to keep it warm?

[Luckynumber5]

no there is some stuff called 40 below at autozone and other places, its an additive that supposed to help lower the coolant temperature

[SmokingTires]

They make a nitrogen spray... It is made to be sprayed on your intercooler to give a huge hp boost by supercooling the air running through it.

However, you could use it and have it spray onto your radiator. It would make it extremely cold and would keep your engine at top performance.

That would be your best bet for power. Your engine would be running 40 degree coolant through it