Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
Location: Area Motorsport Drives: Race EP3
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Obviously youve got the standard ways of cooling etc but are there any other ways of cooling a car and keeping it cool etc, x16xe 
Rob
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Higher capacity rad, oil cooler, bigger sump + more oil e.t.c.. Or you could be really cool and cut a hole in your bonnet and put mesh over it.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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boonet vents...
remove the rubber seal between the bulkhead and bonnet
raise the rear of the bonnet
wrap manifold/exhaust
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Stone Cold Rattlesnake
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Registered: 12th Jun 02
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adding an extra fan so that u have 2 controlled by a switch is an option, i know 306's have a double fan for cooling
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
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just add a switch to your current fan. If the OE fan isnt keeping the engine to temp, that suggests you have problems! Simply cooling it more isnt the ideal solution.
Unless its due to higher reving, less air flow from daft bumper/bonnet sort the source of the problem 
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AK
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My 2.1 seems fine re water temps (dont have oil temp gauge yet)
My old GT needed a overide switch for the fan to just prevent it heating up too quickly. It would rise well above the fan cut in point before falling. Switching it on early in the cabin helped. This was due to mounting a FMIC in front of the rad though 
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Rob_Lee
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Folkestone Drives: Nova 1.6 16v
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my old c16xe fan was on permently and never had a prob with overheating
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x14xe
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Registered: 15th Dec 05
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Go all out and fit a halon cooling system.
Just dont breath the gas cos youll die
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Rob B
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Registered: 8th Jan 04
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
just add a switch to your current fan. If the OE fan isnt keeping the engine to temp, that suggests you have problems! Simply cooling it more isnt the ideal solution.
Unless its due to higher reving, less air flow from daft bumper/bonnet sort the source of the problem
I do have an extednded bonnet yes 
the fan does kick in when the temp gets high but it very rarely does get high enough for it to kick in 
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