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#21
Posted 01-19-2016 09:39 AM
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Posted 01-19-2016 09:49 AM
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Posted 01-19-2016 11:22 AM
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and Steve.. at some point, it is just not worth the hassle. Order the wire mesh in stainless and call it a day. You don't want that type of grille screen in a 1.6 anyway as it is the worse option for cooling.
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Posted 01-19-2016 12:28 PM
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What fun would that be??
Without a thermostat the 1.6 will still over-cool on a cool or cold day, and it seemed sufficient even on hot days. But, it will have to go for now.
Now that tape can be applied to the screen you can remove the thermostat again, or have you decided just to trust that they will work and do a better job of keeping temps in the sweet spot?
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Posted 01-19-2016 07:11 PM
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Posted 01-19-2016 07:41 PM
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One possibility is that reduced heating of air as it passed through the cooler radiator and across the plastic intake plumbing meant cooler intake air, and that certainly would improve power. From where were you pulling water temp?
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Posted 01-19-2016 07:47 PM
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Posted 01-19-2016 07:58 PM
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Posted 01-19-2016 07:59 PM
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I would tend to agree.. Just reporting what we did/found in 2012Interesting, thanks! So from that I speculate that it was largely due to lower intake air temps more than water/engine temps as such. Since most intake air came through the radiator, dropping it's temp by 25 degrees or more brobably translated to nearly that for IAT. And that cooler denser air needs more fuel. With the turn indicator delete and wrapped intake tube the benefits of a cooler water temp may be diminished. In general, (very general) I believe that all else being equal a warmer block produces better efficiency due to less heat (energy) loss through heat transfer. But almost no real life situation follows the simplest theoretical model.
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Posted 01-30-2016 11:40 AM
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Right away yer taking all the Bob and Weaver's good intent out of this discussion.
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