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Right so this week has been attack the cooling system, basically carpet bombed it lol
New thermostat as I found the original one didn't seem to open all that far from water out of the kettle.
The new one is 2c cooler but that's no big deal really.
76degree Gates thermostat
Also changed the rad cap for a mishimoto 1.3bar item (very nice it is too) and I've replaced half the coolant with water to bring the coolant mix ratio down (water cools better than coolant mix). After speaking with some friends I've decided to give that redline "water wetter" a go. Apparently it actually works and isn't absolute bullshit...
The good news is that on idle the car can now maintain its temp (fans come on and it cools down, as it should) this wasn't happening before so the stat clearly did something.
Now next hit in the strange power issue is the distributor, I wanted a spare anyway as these turbo Bs are pretty hard on the ignition system and getting stuck in Germany for a dizzy (more likely a coil) would be tragic. Que HondR with their replacement distributor, looks nice and fresh and has 2 year warranty so should see me happy for a good few years.
New thermostat as I found the original one didn't seem to open all that far from water out of the kettle.
The new one is 2c cooler but that's no big deal really.
76degree Gates thermostat
Also changed the rad cap for a mishimoto 1.3bar item (very nice it is too) and I've replaced half the coolant with water to bring the coolant mix ratio down (water cools better than coolant mix). After speaking with some friends I've decided to give that redline "water wetter" a go. Apparently it actually works and isn't absolute bullshit...
The good news is that on idle the car can now maintain its temp (fans come on and it cools down, as it should) this wasn't happening before so the stat clearly did something.
Now next hit in the strange power issue is the distributor, I wanted a spare anyway as these turbo Bs are pretty hard on the ignition system and getting stuck in Germany for a dizzy (more likely a coil) would be tragic. Que HondR with their replacement distributor, looks nice and fresh and has 2 year warranty so should see me happy for a good few years.