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Thanks R1NGA and others,

learned about the bandages,...and in deed it would look really cool on my Super Dry.
I will check on 'Harleys and exhaust bandages' to collect more ideas and try to find the bandages.

Cheers,

Smaug

Hi R1NGA...

I'm about to plane the 'R1NGA cooling upgrade' for my car as it looks much better than the factory one....Can you tell me if it works efficiently in Traffic, have you tested it with success?

Cheers ,
Smaug

i have been playing with the S&S windows app - one of the displays is the temperature of each cylinder. After startup you can see the temp build up to the point where the fans kick in ( factory job on mine ) , and there after it holds constant , if not drops slightly.
With a home brew set up might be worth checking the efficiency of your job by monitoring this display.

All I can say at present is that when sat in traffic I now put the fan on and I have yet to hit Skipfire Mode again. True this is not a truly accurate test, but there was one occasion where the temps would have risen to the point where Skipfire might typically have kicked in previously, but it didn't.

I accept that DIY is going to be less effective than the factory offering, but mine looks better IMHO and a safety net is all I was after. And when I stand in front of the car when the fan is running the blast of hot air on my legs proves that heat is being dissipated quite well, and there seems to be lots of it!

Excellent, that's what I wanted to hear...if you do agree I will copy your mod for personal use

Thanks R1NGA,
Smaug

Make it so Mr Smaug!

Much admired the fan at Brooklands and had a demo of it working. It certainly fires a decent amount of air at the engine and the warm air coming through the front proves that it's doing something. Brilliant piece of work and I want one (and the nice little box that sits on the gearbox cover).

Looks really neat too. Someone mentioned a concern that it clearly lets in water on a wet day into the under-cowl area. Perhaps the effect of moving air around under the cowl is worth this side effect as we all now know the oil tank gets hot. Or perhaps a water catcher of some sort could simply be positioned inside the cowl to stop any water getting further (battery, electrics) and be channelled towards the ground somewhere out of the way.

I suppose the Morgan Urban thingy is probably a well considered solution but it sure isn't pretty. Has anyone tried to make it look better (I did notice it seemed to have been painted on Bell & Colvill's demonstrator which was a small step in the right direction)?

Another idea that was discussed at Brooklands was an oil cooler which can only help to keep oil temperatures lower in what is effectively an air and oil cooled engine.

Or perhaps a Stop/Start system for traffic jams although I expect this is daft. I do sometimes turn mine off in traffic jams and try to coast down hills if the jam is on an incline... (and have never encountered skipfire mode which I take to be a good thing.)

Anyway, winter on its way here so perhaps not such an issue for the next few months! But - most of all - respect for this great piece of DIY.

Good thought wiscos!
I never have considered the rain for that construction... I was planing to copy R1NGO's cooling system this winter for the next season, that makes me think of including a rain catching system ...

R1NGO, do you have experienced problems driving during rainy weather?


Cheers,
Smaug

No problems yet, but I don't expect any. The electrics are fully waterproofed in that area and any water would need to get past the engine, past the fan, through the grill and then in through the hole in the bonnet. There's almost zero chance of any issues unless you intended only ever driving in monsoon conditions as far as I can see. Heck, if I do find myself driving in the-world-is-ending rain conditions again, all I have to do is switch on the fan and it will blow the water away anyhooo.

I will continue to sleep comfortably at night (at least on that front at least!)....


Cheers,
Smaug [/quote]

Hi R1NGA,

thank you for answering my question...I always try to think and check things twice before making irreversible changes on something...good to hear that the system is some kind of waterproof ...on the other hand I am not the kind of person driving the M3W in rainy conditions, my morning shower is enough for the day