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mk indy rad and cooling
graememk - 8/6/06 at 01:01 PM

ok i have the car up and running but i'm not happy with the cooling

i have a repro micra rad and i'm thinking about an escort one has anyone got a pic of it fitted to a indy and will it fit in a indy

i live near boston rad so if they are the one to go for i'll go grab one

zetec - 8/6/06 at 01:11 PM

The Polo 1.0ltr is a good choice. They are about £40 new, so not worth risking fitting a s/h one. My car has never overheated since finished (3 years) with this rad fitted, even in traffic in the summer so should be up to the job.

zetec - 8/6/06 at 01:12 PM

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bob - 8/6/06 at 01:18 PM

I'd go with the proven polo rad,in fact i will be when i finally get around to the engine change.

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mookaloid - 8/6/06 at 01:18 PM

It's possible that the turbo engine may require a better than average radiator - perhaps you should be looking at some sort of special ally super cooling multicored custom made expensive thing

NS Dev - 8/6/06 at 01:23 PM

how much power?

folks using micra rads with 230hp with no bother.

graememk - 8/6/06 at 01:24 PM

boston rads do a escort duel core ally rad for £60, i just wanted to know if it will fit under

bob - 8/6/06 at 01:53 PM

The mk1/2 escort one will fit for sure but as ns dev said the micra like the polo rad is proven with higher powered engines.

Anyway i was looking in your archive and saw the picture of the rad fitment,the rad is not in the nose cone and i was wondering if this was affecting the ram of air into it.

I'm thinking maybe its in this possition so as to fit an intercooler in the nose.

graememk - 8/6/06 at 02:04 PM

its in the nose now, thats how it was when i bought it part build,

1st thing i did was to move it.

bob - 8/6/06 at 02:16 PM

Well thats that one solved then

What are the main problems ie is it boiling up ?

graememk - 8/6/06 at 02:27 PM

i think i could just make better use of the spare space i have as my rad is quite small, and my engine gets really hat fast, fan cools it down but still would sooner keep it cooler

02GF74 - 8/6/06 at 02:32 PM

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Originally posted by graememk
and my engine gets really hot fast, fan cools it down but still would sooner keep it cooler


that is good though, innit? You want the engine to get up to operating temp. as fast as possbile, but once there, shift any excess heat out using the water radiator/fans.

If you were having trouble keeping the temperature at design levels, then you should be worried.

Hellfire - 8/6/06 at 03:24 PM

Nowt wrong with your rad maybe a airlock or full of crud perhaps.

Give is a good flush and start again...