general cooling discussion
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general cooling discussion
As some of you have seen in my previous posts I'm building a mx5 powered 7 style kit car. Wanting to bounce a few ideas around...
Due to the frontal area of the car I'm going to have to run a tiny radiator. I'm struggling to get a nissan micra one in there. Now I'm not planning on spending much time in traffic but not sure if it will be enough...
I guess a beasty fan is a given
Was thinking if I made a large overflow tank to give the system a few more litres of capacity it might help things - I know it wont change the cooling capability but might give a bit more buffer time before it gets too hot on those occasions when you do get snarled up in traffic.
Intercooler wise I have nowhere at all to put a FMIC but I have a rather large available area on the floor level in front of the engine where I could mount an intercooler flat - would be hard to get the air to flow through rather then accross it. An air scoop would perhaps help but I don't have much ground clearance so it could only go 30mm or so below the chassis. Is this a bad idea?
Due to the frontal area of the car I'm going to have to run a tiny radiator. I'm struggling to get a nissan micra one in there. Now I'm not planning on spending much time in traffic but not sure if it will be enough...
I guess a beasty fan is a given
Was thinking if I made a large overflow tank to give the system a few more litres of capacity it might help things - I know it wont change the cooling capability but might give a bit more buffer time before it gets too hot on those occasions when you do get snarled up in traffic.
Intercooler wise I have nowhere at all to put a FMIC but I have a rather large available area on the floor level in front of the engine where I could mount an intercooler flat - would be hard to get the air to flow through rather then accross it. An air scoop would perhaps help but I don't have much ground clearance so it could only go 30mm or so below the chassis. Is this a bad idea?
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I'd start with the radiator being a bad idea, is it a fairly thick aluminum piece? I wouldn't mess around with anything else. Find the biggest one you can fit and mount it in there. Is this a custom chassis? I didn't think they had that bad a time fitting radiators.
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I like the idea of v mount but while I have a big bit of space behind radiator it is intersected by cross members so would certainly be challenging. Heres a pic if I can make it work. I know it looks like there is plenty of room under the rad for a cooler but the opening in the nose cone is actually smaller then the rad (which is bloody small). Plenty of other problem to solve for now anyway!
And a pic of the whole project so far for those that are interested.
And a pic of the whole project so far for those that are interested.
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