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<blockquote data-quote="Ethann" data-source="post: 443999" data-attributes="member: 7764"><p>Hey guys,</p><p></p><p>Just after some opinions on my radiator.k</p><p>I do feel I'm beating a dead horse trying too make it work, but as we all know funds dry up real quick and sometimes you gota try and make do with what you got for the moment.</p><p></p><p>Am I dreaming on trying to keep a stock 5.7 Ls1 (Just basic buggy stuff, headers, exhaust, maflass tune etc) cool with an AFCO 18x18x2?</p><p>I just put the Ls1 in from a <span style="font-size: 8px">Land Rover 3.9 v8</span> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />uke: and the radiator was more then enough for the smaller v8 but now with an actual v8 it doesn't seem to cool real well.</p><p></p><p>It has a 16" SPAL 2070CFM fan as a puller and the radiator is front mounted, the radiator its self is filthy and needs 5 years of gunk cleaned out of it, but I don't want to spend $80 at the local radiator place to come to the realisation it just isn't up to the task.</p><p></p><p>The first shake down run was in approx 104*F heat, which I'm not sure in America, but thats a decently hot day down under lol. :****:</p><p>I saw temps of 212-230 but that was the most I saw, but in saying that I let it sit idling then turned off too cool down in-between, and I wouldn't say I was beating on it a whole lot to get those temps. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies2/dunno.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dunno:" title="Dunno :dunno:" data-shortname=":dunno:" /></p><p>Driving along I saw it come down to around 176*F, but that wasn't beating it, that was just coasting with some air flow really.</p><p></p><p>The 18x18 is basically the biggest I can fit in the front without changing a lot, and trying to avoid a rear mount above the belt line if I can due to lots of social wheeling (fun/trail riding), but if it comes to it, I guess i'll have to haha.</p><p></p><p>From my research on here/another forum, I think i really should be looking for something more along the lines of 24x19 if not 31x19 or so? Get as big as I can in there and forget about it.. but ~ funds don't quite allow that at the moment. But if its what I got to do, its what i gota do..</p><p></p><p>*EDIT after remembering some other things*</p><p>How small can the pressure tank be?</p><p>I also realised after that shake down run that i only had a 13psi radiator cap, and will upgrade to a 15psi before the next trip</p><p>I'm not 100% sure if I bled it properly, so maybe a good bleed could help? (Done some more reading on that)</p><p>And it was only water not a 50/50 mix</p><p></p><p>And since we all love pictures, here's a picture of said buggy and said radiator.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s97.photobucket.com/user/etho91/media/1_zps14ff91c8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l234/etho91/1_zps14ff91c8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s97.photobucket.com/user/etho91/media/3_zps154b7127.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l234/etho91/3_zps154b7127.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s97.photobucket.com/user/etho91/media/2_zpsf27fef55.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l234/etho91/2_zpsf27fef55.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ethann, post: 443999, member: 7764"] Hey guys, Just after some opinions on my radiator.k I do feel I'm beating a dead horse trying too make it work, but as we all know funds dry up real quick and sometimes you gota try and make do with what you got for the moment. Am I dreaming on trying to keep a stock 5.7 Ls1 (Just basic buggy stuff, headers, exhaust, maflass tune etc) cool with an AFCO 18x18x2? I just put the Ls1 in from a [SIZE=8px]Land Rover 3.9 v8[/SIZE] :puke: and the radiator was more then enough for the smaller v8 but now with an actual v8 it doesn't seem to cool real well. It has a 16" SPAL 2070CFM fan as a puller and the radiator is front mounted, the radiator its self is filthy and needs 5 years of gunk cleaned out of it, but I don't want to spend $80 at the local radiator place to come to the realisation it just isn't up to the task. The first shake down run was in approx 104*F heat, which I'm not sure in America, but thats a decently hot day down under lol. :****: I saw temps of 212-230 but that was the most I saw, but in saying that I let it sit idling then turned off too cool down in-between, and I wouldn't say I was beating on it a whole lot to get those temps. :dunno: Driving along I saw it come down to around 176*F, but that wasn't beating it, that was just coasting with some air flow really. The 18x18 is basically the biggest I can fit in the front without changing a lot, and trying to avoid a rear mount above the belt line if I can due to lots of social wheeling (fun/trail riding), but if it comes to it, I guess i'll have to haha. From my research on here/another forum, I think i really should be looking for something more along the lines of 24x19 if not 31x19 or so? Get as big as I can in there and forget about it.. but ~ funds don't quite allow that at the moment. But if its what I got to do, its what i gota do.. *EDIT after remembering some other things* How small can the pressure tank be? I also realised after that shake down run that i only had a 13psi radiator cap, and will upgrade to a 15psi before the next trip I'm not 100% sure if I bled it properly, so maybe a good bleed could help? (Done some more reading on that) And it was only water not a 50/50 mix And since we all love pictures, here's a picture of said buggy and said radiator. [URL=http://s97.photobucket.com/user/etho91/media/1_zps14ff91c8.jpg.html][IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l234/etho91/1_zps14ff91c8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s97.photobucket.com/user/etho91/media/3_zps154b7127.jpg.html][IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l234/etho91/3_zps154b7127.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s97.photobucket.com/user/etho91/media/2_zpsf27fef55.jpg.html][IMG]http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l234/etho91/2_zpsf27fef55.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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