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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #690 on: August 18, 2015, 10:04:43 PM »
id bet you be closer to matt- mine gets way better air than either of the low radiator cars.  My car is rated for 20 more HP though. 

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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #691 on: August 18, 2015, 11:12:37 PM »
Matt’s has heat trouble in woods racing though, doesn’t it?


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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #692 on: August 19, 2015, 11:08:19 AM »
Matt’s has heat trouble in woods racing though, doesn’t it?


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Yes only race I stayed below 220 at badlands. Fast woods racing it gets up to 240 still.
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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #693 on: August 19, 2015, 12:50:28 PM »
I don't think I have seen 220 at LM. Only time I've seen the temp light is when my fan failed and I think I have that set at 230. I'm usually down around 210, I think.

It's the reason I haven't put a tstat back in. I don't want to screw up my cooling by remedying the tempermenant fix I made!
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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #694 on: August 24, 2015, 10:11:07 AM »
I don't think I have seen 220 at LM. Only time I've seen the temp light is when my fan failed and I think I have that set at 230. I'm usually down around 210, I think.

It's the reason I haven't put a tstat back in. I don't want to screw up my cooling by remedying the tempermenant fix I made!

I'm not running a tstat either. Airflow isn't the issue either since a seat was pulled in KY and the car still overheated right after the main. Looking at more CBR stuff today.
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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #695 on: August 24, 2015, 10:21:54 AM »
did you put a flow restrictor in?
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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #696 on: August 24, 2015, 11:02:23 AM »
No, just hollowed out the existing tstat.
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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #697 on: August 24, 2015, 11:26:20 AM »
I bet you are moving the water too fast.

I made some parts from my 'stat into a restrictor plate.
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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #698 on: August 24, 2015, 11:28:22 AM »
moving too fast= complete BS

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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #699 on: August 24, 2015, 01:27:42 PM »
moving too fast= complete BS

yes.     why does this myth continue to live on? :o

would you ever say that you are moving the AIR to fast?


A common misconception is that if coolant flows too quickly through the system, that it will not have time to cool properly. However the cooling system is a closed loop, so if you are keeping the coolant in the radiator longer to allow it to cool, you are also allowing it to stay in the engine longer, which increases coolant temperatures.
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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #700 on: August 24, 2015, 01:39:59 PM »
i have no idea why that myth lives on

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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #701 on: August 24, 2015, 01:43:02 PM »
engine puts BTU in the coolant, radiator takes the BTU out.   the faster i can get the coolant around the loop the better, IF the radiator is sized properly for BTU removal in the first place.

When I was at GM i had a thermal test bench that we used to test the Fuel Cell coolant pumps.    I had years of data that said "higher coolant flow = better cooling.

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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #702 on: August 24, 2015, 02:20:48 PM »
When I was at GM i had a thermal test bench that we used to test the Fuel Cell coolant pumps.    I had years of data that said "higher coolant flow = better cooling.

I will try to remember that, data does not lie...
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Re: matts buggy build
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Re: matts buggy build
« Reply #704 on: August 28, 2015, 11:46:33 AM »
found pin hole in trans line leaking

found front right king pin loose and miles from beating threads beyond use.... wasnt welded like it should have been- will be on next tear down.