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    whats the best fans for mounting on the front of the rad, i need serious things to cool my car but i havent got much room to play with, iv heard ones off a peugeot are savage

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    i bought two 10 inch fans from ebay for the nova there a savage job, i was told not to buy cheap ebay ones but theyve never missed a beat an are quite slim(nova rads are tiny an dont have much space)


    worked out about 110 euro delivered


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    Quote Originally Posted by alan opel View Post
    i bought two 10 inch fans from ebay for the nova there a savage job, i was told not to buy cheap ebay ones but theyve never missed a beat an are quite slim(nova rads are tiny an dont have much space)


    worked out about 110 euro delivered
    yea those are the ones i have and they dont seem to do anything for me

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    Quote Originally Posted by sil80drifter View Post
    yea those are the ones i have and they dont seem to do anything for me
    what rad have ya? thermostat?


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    Quote Originally Posted by alan opel View Post
    what rad have ya? thermostat?
    copper one, no thermostat

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    Quote Originally Posted by sil80drifter View Post
    copper one, no thermostat
    How thick is the rad ? What is the rad cap rated to ?
    Are you running a oil cooler ?
    What temps were you seeing on the track ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by sil80drifter View Post
    copper one, no thermostat
    so a stock rad? there useless on track man! especially if there old an fulla shite! especially wit no thermostat shudnt b gettin that hot!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Cooldrft View Post
    How thick is the rad ? What is the rad cap rated to ?
    Are you running a oil cooler ?
    What temps were you seeing on the track ?
    not too sure, but i think around 50mm, dont have oil cooler, very high temps, boiling point

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    Quote Originally Posted by alan opel View Post
    so a stock rad? there useless on track man! especially if there old an fulla shite! especially wit no thermostat shudnt b gettin that hot!
    no its not standard, just copper instead of alluminium, i only changed the coolant a few days before japfest

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    Quote Originally Posted by sil80drifter View Post
    no its not standard, just copper instead of alluminium, i only changed the coolant a few days before japfest
    are the fans wired constant? might sound stupid but are they wired the right way?


 

 

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