Can anyone point me in the right direction to threads touching on the above topic or give me a few hints on how to best lower my engine bay temps?
Do I need to consider a bigger scoop?
I was just advised to get a nice big wide scoop and only use half of the scoop with the Intercooler, and the other half to simply pump air through the engine bay and out the bottom. Or to fit a second scoop for the same reason.
Does that make sense to those of you who know or is it BS?
Between Patrols ATM. Had a beaut GU with 6.5 Chev TD. Next is a GU ute with a 4.5 litre Cummins conversion and a camper on the back.
Doggy may or may not know........... can't remember if he has an intercooler but he does have 2 scoops
My call is... What a load of bollocks.Originally Posted by FNQGU
The more air you pump into the engine bay the less air travels thru the radiator.
Thats why the 'engineers' spec out things like radiator shrouds, air diverters, rubber flaps along the guards to the chassis etc when they design a vehicle.
As well as that scoops will have no effect at low speed, in traffic or gnarly 4X4 work.
About the only thing I would give any credence to is raising the rear of the bonnet slightly but when you look at the size of the escape down past the engine will a slit less than 1/2 an inch high and a couple of feet long make much difference
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You could always try a turbo blanket and exhaust wrap it works for me, i just replaced my old exhaust for a bigger one and after three years being wrapped there was no rust under the rap.
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...1-Sherro-s-Ute
96 GQ coil cab TD42T
Yeah, good point Sherro, my 6.5 is wrapped and Brunnies are real keen that they should be kept that way
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
His has two scoops 'cause the prev owner to the prev owner did it to look pretty.
At the time Krittas owned it and it was wrung to within an inch of it's life turning 35's and putting out serious grunt.
I only had it for a relatively short period and got the pump wound down a bit, kept the 35's and big lift on it but IMHO the twin scoops were pretty much only cosmetic.
Doggy has detuned it a tad more but he has also had it waay longer than me and may have a different view on the scoops
Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
I put a bigger scoop on and get about 50 lower temps
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I have the same exhaust wrap from Brunswick Diesels, but no thermo cover (blanket) on the turbo. I might look at doing that.
When you say raise the rear of the bonnet, do you mean simply putting a couple of washers or spacers underneath the bonnet hinge bolts to raise it up a fraction to let air out the back edge of the bonnet?
@Kevin07 - are you referring to one of the ARE bonnet scoops or similar? And this lowered your general engine bay temps by 50 degrees? That sounds like a worthwhile modification if that is the case.
Between Patrols ATM. Had a beaut GU with 6.5 Chev TD. Next is a GU ute with a 4.5 litre Cummins conversion and a camper on the back.
I believe so yes......... has been done on my TD42 by the previous owner, I've got no idea if it helps or not but cant be arsed to remove them to find out if they do lol
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