My FE3 progress thread

[concealer404]

Ryan, are you trying to shield your radiator from heat with these shields? Reflecting is only going to get you so far with how close you are to the rad.

You need to get that manifold and turbo coated, and wrapped. And/or figure out a way to get that radiator farther away.

Build looks awesome, though! :D

[FE3-323]

for the cost of coating i can't see justification in doing that to this manifold.
shielding some of the heat from the radiator as well as keeping it more contained is my overall goal


ps: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~roll cage!!!

[89BG 323]

that cage looks like its gonna be pretty damn sturdy! extra safety a gogo! lol. ya get them a pillars yet?

[Mazda_Powered]

awesome man!!

[soul]

heres me thinkin of welding up a cage.... i think ill go the race tape like u ryan haha

[FE3-323]

^ black duct-tape +50hp

[Wilyb]

hey just my 2 cents, but aren't there rads that are only half as wide with multiple cores you could install on the opposite side of the exhaust mani?

[Mazda_Powered]

Honda Civic radiators ^^ dual cores are like $90-100 shipped on ebay, or 3 cores around $160. That's the last resource in my mind though, should try to have as big of a radiator as possible.

[Racerboy]

should try to have as big of a radiator as possible.

[FE3-323]

civic=aluminum block.... mazda= cast iron block..... you tell me which has better heat dissipation
then tell me to use some POS half size

[1st Gen]

Is it impossible to customize a radiator, or just unthinkable?

[FE3-323]

thats in the works already

[concealer404]

Nothing wrong with a well-built half-width radiator.

It would be more ideal than what you've got going on right now, at least.

Bump that custom radiator up to a priority. No amount of shielding is going to do you enough to make fabbing it up worth it with how little clearance you've got there man.

[FE3-323]

^ i believe your overly concerned.... i have managed a good inch+ to the manifold
short of that, no half sized radiator will cool this motor. theres just not enough compacity or surface area to cool the liquid without a fan continuously running & even then its risky

[concealer404]

Oh lol... pics made it look like you had a quarter inch at most.

Carry on then!