Outer Limits 4x4 Board

what radiators have people used for there sierra

I think there was a thread on here awhile ago about this.
I think someone was using a fj40 radiator, cant remember the rest and dial up is too slow to look for you sorry.
Nik

short stuff wrote:what radiators have people used for there sierra

what are you trying to keep cool ??

I could keep my slightly warmed up 1.6 cool with a stock standard 1.3 radiator even 2/3rds clogged with mud on a 35+ degree day (execpet in the real slow stuff it got a bit warm, but nothing a 5 minute shutdown would not fix)

Did you know tha when you shut an engine down the core temp raises between 30 - 50 C as there is no oil or water flow to cool anything.

The only exception to this is if you have thermo fans and a electric waterpump that stay operating after the engine is switched off.

This is one of the reason turbo timers exist. They give the motor a no load cooling period.

If you need to cool an engine down quickly spray water on the radiator. just pour it over the radiator - the fan will do the rest.

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I'm putting a thermo fan on the front of the radiator to push air through and have it on at low speeds as I've found it gets a little toasty in boggy sand.

I'd put that down to the spotties blocking air flow and the lack or air flow at that speed, prety much everything else is stock.

im runing gti turbo