after being in eauns car yesterday his acts were lowest ive ever seen. airtec do a 70 mm intercooler and 60 mm rad has anyone used there stuff ? is it as good as pro alloy ?

 

Did you not buy the car then ??????

Steve.

 

What make do you have just now ? Radtec or pro alloy if it was me.

 

My radtech 60mm rs50 I/C works a treat, highest Ive seen is pulling in off track in summer is mid 40's.

At xmas I got it down to -0.9deg (off boost tho).

 

ive got 60 mm radtec intercooler and pro alloy 45mm rad. airtec do 70 mm intercooler and 60 mm rad.

 

i need water injection to keep temps to 45 on my radtec running 2.2 bar on a t4 though. after being in euans i want to improve on my cooling. his water temps and acts were unbelievably low tbh.

 

Why not get one like euans m8 ?

 

na mate awesome quick but shell needed work and i got a baby on the way and aint really got the time. made me realise how mint my saph is

 

i dont want to cut the crossmember on mine its too mint for that.

 

Fair enough, Im only just peaking 2 bar on a t34.63 .
Got a Turbo cooler? I had a cheapy airtech jobbie and it dropped the water temps a fair bit.

 

im kind of in the same boat with different car, am running chargecooler at present, the one from Burtons, but temps on high boost are high, already have pro alloy rad, but could do with big intercooler but dont want to cut the car, and on a tight budget after big build

 

Suerly to get intake temps as good as euans you'd need 2 500 coolers like his setup?

 

yeah got turbo cooler pro alloy, i see water temps around 90 on top speed run i know its
not overheating but would like to keep them at 85. ive ordered a 60mm core airtec rad thats the biggest i could find online. my acts dont go above 50 so its ok for now.

 

Don't know if this is any use to you.
I have a 70mm airtec i/cooler and a 60mm rad.
When I did 4 hours work on rollers last week, my act's did not go above 26C, just 7C above ambient, but as soon as it was idling you could see the act go up as was soaking the heat from the rad then, dropped right away when on the move again, the cell air con was not on either, a very positive comment was alos made about how effective it was, and the rr man has seen plenty in his years, around 40 years he has been in the game starting old skool.
I do a lot of pottering about 10-20mph stuff, the rad fan hardly comes on either, I have not got a vented bonnet(not fitted yet), fans come on at 90C and off at 87C.
tabetha

 

i have a airtec cooler and radiator on my cossie, and ive had no problems at all, had them for over a year now

 

you could move to scotland, thats another alternative to lower ACT's

 

cheers mate i may get the 70mm intercooler aswell then.

 

Moving to scottyland would be an option if it didn't piss down all the time, no good for 2wd!!
The only annoying thing I found was the i/cooler did not have any bracket etc on which to secure the rad to stop it rocking, as it is only secured at the bottom by the chassis mounts.
I put a wedge of rubber made from an old vaux exhaust mount between top of rad and i/cooler so they don't rub, and then put a tie wrap around the top hose stub on rad, then through the back of the headlight shell area, pulled tight no movement now, a master technical bodge!!
I have a rad fan switch in there just to block the hole, as ecu does it now, but alos have a brand new rad switch rated at 92C ON, 88C OFF, but not using it now.
The oe switch is a bit mental spanning 9/10C, as it tries to bring temp lower than the stat is trying to raise it to!!
tabetha

 

water injection would of been my mod to go for if i was you.

 

already got it.

 

is airtec comparable to radtec or pace?

 

It is fairly cold and wet up here. A good combinations for ACT's. But Like mr vrroooom_ptttshhhhh has said, to get cooling that good you need a cooler that good. Thats a total custom cooler.


If you cut your crossmember right, and prepered the area properly, then it's still be mint

 

a take it this will be getting withdrawn now and the cars a keeper
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/723902.htm

 

I just bought one of the pro-series black 70mm intercoolers for mine, it'll be here Tuesday so once it's fitted i'll able to comment on difference.