V-mounted MKIII Third times the charm.
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Giving me some inspiration here. I have the PWR radiator, and trying to find a fan setup that fits (and flows the CFM needed) with the JZ hasn't been easy. Keeping the car cool in hot ambient temps has been difficult as a result. I'm liking this idea, should open up lot of room for a nice thick fan. Thanks for posting the various pictures man!
You will get more cooling with the radiator straight up and down plain and simple. I work in the drift scene and see cars with V mount setup's all the time have cooling issues compared to a regular setup.. Although V mount is cool, its not very practical.
V-mounting is more effective in racing where the car has more forward movement and therefore airflow. Time-attack is a great example of this. In low airflow situations (drift/auto-x/street driving) it becomes a liability.
Drift is extreme in the small amount of airflow the radiator sees vs the power used and rpm's the engine turns at; so fans are relied upon to provide the airflow. They are never enough it seems...
Drift is extreme in the small amount of airflow the radiator sees vs the power used and rpm's the engine turns at; so fans are relied upon to provide the airflow. They are never enough it seems...
Thanks for all the feedback guys. I have heard that the v-mount isn't quite as effective at low speed however I want to try it anyways and we'll find out for sure. I got a few more pics today.
Started cutting on the bumper the other day. Not nearly done yet but it give a general idea:
Lots of surface area (radiator on the bottom, intercooler on the top:
Here is a pic of the radiator on the car, you can see the mounts pretty well
And I've had this for about 1.5 yrs just started riding it, Lots of fun in the twisties. There is something wrong with the carb so it won't idle and is coming back apart tomorrow:
Started cutting on the bumper the other day. Not nearly done yet but it give a general idea:
Lots of surface area (radiator on the bottom, intercooler on the top:
Here is a pic of the radiator on the car, you can see the mounts pretty well
And I've had this for about 1.5 yrs just started riding it, Lots of fun in the twisties. There is something wrong with the carb so it won't idle and is coming back apart tomorrow:
Proper ducting is about the best thing you can do with some very high quality not cheap electric fans. Alumi-tape and the plastic or sheet metal helps TONS! Thats where most V mount setups lack and then start to cause overheating problems. Ducting is key!
hvyman;1751211 said:
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?99476-Supra-Head-Flow-(5M-7M-1JZ-2JZGE-2JZGTE)
1J heads barely outflow 7Ms on the intake side and everything but a 5M out flows it on the exhaust. Not sure why this rumor is still floating around.
Sorry guys I haven't been working on this supra really for the past few weeks. I found a decent shape 1990 on craigslist with a bhg so I picked it up and just got it running last weekend. Only thing left to do is the stereo and a code 14 which I am pretty sure is from the shielding on the main coil plug being pretty much completely gone. haha.
So heres some pics of that, only thing done is a turbo back 3" exhaust, headstuds and mhg
Also went down to the vintage Japanese car show in long beach and saw a tt 409 small block tucked in a 240z haha, Thought it was cool so heres a pic
So heres some pics of that, only thing done is a turbo back 3" exhaust, headstuds and mhg
Also went down to the vintage Japanese car show in long beach and saw a tt 409 small block tucked in a 240z haha, Thought it was cool so heres a pic
So the Jz is getting parted out and replaced with a tt chevy v-8. If anyone needs parts I am selling everything except the tranny. Look for my for sale thread here. Updates on the v-8 will come in a month once I have some more money to put towards this.