MIKEY4410 1998 STARLET SPORTIF TURBO--rear cambered terror------

[mikey4410]

Thanks j. no I was quite lucky and had good runs without issue.

I need help in sorting a proper effective intercooler mate.I have opened a new thread in intake,fueling section of forum

that needs to be sorted before I can do anymore track time.

45 degrees intercooler temps :-(

[jayc-glanza17]

Increase the surface area mikey.. and shortest route for piping.

[mikey4410]

I have sourced a new radiator and also I have got hold of a second hand intercooler.

.

.

I have made my own brackets up for the radiator already

[mikey4410]

[mikey4410]

.

the new rad is a triple core and its 56mm thick.its monsterous.

the Intercooler is about 80mm thick and alot more substantial than the pajero one I currently have

[mikey4410]

[mikey4410]

[stevenights4]

Very nice I'm shocked my rad still holding water lol the bottom has gone lol

[5e colin]

mikey do some test that you do for the temperature on civic rad

i had awfull cooling isseus with 1 of them ( way to cold ) hard boosting my temp gauge only went to 8 o clock dropping to 7 while cruising !!!

now back to 9 while cruising with a oem civic 1

[mikey4410]

of course colin thats not a problem matey.

its such a chunky old bugger this new rad haha.

we shall see.................................

[mikey4410]

so today i fitted up the new intercooler and also the new rad , all with custom brackets.

first i had to angle grind the old mounts away / unbolt them

cleaned and then sprayed chassis

brackets lined up and bolted and lastly painted also

cleaned and re-sprayed the chassis

upper bracket fabricated,sprayed then secured

intercooler was to big,so i chopped the core very slighty and made it fit very well.

.

chopping intercooler

intercooler pipes are bit bodged for now as i used of cuts to make up new pipe.

hopefully my cooling issues are sorted

.

.

Edited May 7, 2015 by mikey4410

[Walker96]

Just read all this thread got to say its amazing. I love your car bud! Wanted that colour starlet but couldn't find one close enough. Keep up the good work pal:)

[mikey4410]

thanks very much matey. :-D

[5e colin]

looking very good nice and chunky will work well

external gate needs new gasket

[akaye4000]

looks good liking the adapting

Edited May 7, 2015 by akaye4000

[chris84]

Just read the while thread and i absolutley love this car awesome work buddy. One of my favourite starlets keep up the good work

[mikey4410]

thanks very much for the kind words.much appreciated. :-D

[mikey4410]

small update on triple core rad

************30mph in fourth, ambient of 14 degrees gives rad temps of 84 degrees****************

Edited May 10, 2015 by mikey4410

[mikey4410]

now i have the better cooler thats alot more free flowing and bigger i want some real temp measurements from it so that i can see how efficient it is.

i will do this by having a sensor before and after the cooler,this will give an idea of what the coolers doing.

i tapped into the elbow thats just ONE INCH away from the turbo outlet.i used a bicycle valve and silcone to make a feed for the sensor. then made my sensor "body" out of an old vacuum t-piece.

.

.

this sensor will give an accurate view of temps from turbo BEFORE the cooler does its bit.

next up i need to fit the AFTER cooler sender......

Edited May 10, 2015 by mikey4410

[Amjad]

That's awesome! Be good to see what difference it makes

[5e colin]

the probe looks like it aint deep enough to read the flow ????

[mikey4410]

yeah it reads well even as it is , but I am lowering it a bit more tonight as I know what u mean the closer the better.theres no way the air wont flow up to the sensor well as even now it changes temps very quickly.

cheers for the input colin ! :-D

[5e colin]

no bother

if it was me i would make it so the head of the sensor is inside the intercooler pipe not inside the tire valve

[mikey4410]

so tonight I finshed modding up the piping for the sensor feed before and after the intercooler.

the ambient temp was 15 degrees,the pre temps were 19 degrees after a 10 second blast and the post temps were ambient so the intercoolers working well.I dont doubt the temps will get higher obviously on a trackday etc but i am much happier.

also did a periodic check on afrs and still bang on 11.00 afr wot till redline and boost also bang on at .90 bar.

:-D

[mikey4410]