enginedone
Whats the best setup when it comes to the raceline water rail?According to raceline no expansion/overflow bottle is needed,and on warmup there is alot
or water coming out of the overflow.is this normal on the 1st run?
Chris
I ran mine without an expansion and it did push water out. Then when you ran it again no further water was pushed out.
As a bit of a check I used to then pour the water back in from time to time and make sure that the same amount came back out again, which it did.
HTH
Out of interest, what temp do you have your fan cutting in at?
Thanks
Chris
I used one for a bit, what a nightmare!
The thermostat is too far away from the head to work properly.
I did a track day in October 2008 and ran all the way home in the dark up the A19 with the choke out!
Waste of good money, reverted back to the Ford housing with a aerial pole from b&q and its been solid as rock ever since!
This setup worked perfectly, the cap on the raceline rail is a plain non pressure cap from an Austin 1100, the header tank cap is the pressure
releif.
enginedone
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Originally posted by Tiger Super Six
I ran mine without an expansion and it did push water out. Then when you ran it again no further water was pushed out.
As a bit of a check I used to then pour the water back in from time to time and make sure that the same amount came back out again, which it did.
HTH
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Originally posted by coozer
I used one for a bit, what a nightmare!
The thermostat is too far away from the head to work properly.
I did a track day in October 2008 and ran all the way home in the dark up the A19 with the choke out!
Waste of good money, reverted back to the Ford housing with a aerial pole from b&q and its been solid as rock ever since!
toy dont need the raceline one if fitting in a seven as there is plenty of room at the back of the engine for the ford unit
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Originally posted by big_wasa
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
I used one for a bit, what a nightmare!
The thermostat is too far away from the head to work properly.
I did a track day in October 2008 and ran all the way home in the dark up the A19 with the choke out!
Waste of good money, reverted back to the Ford housing with a aerial pole from b&q and its been solid as rock ever since!
I would use the standard stat housing if I could fit it in the chassis.
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Originally posted by r1_pete
This setup worked perfectly, the cap on the raceline rail is a plain non pressure cap from an Austin 1100, the header tank cap is the pressure releif.
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Originally posted by chris666
Out of interest, what temp do you have your fan cutting in at?
Thanks
Chris
How big does the hole in the thermostat need to be,that race line says to needs there.
Chris
[Edited on 17/11/10 by chris666]
The hole in the thermostat will form the only by-pass it works to an extent but is an awful bodge the engine temp will go up and down like yoyo and
you will get hot and cold spots in the water jacket.
For an external thermostat the Rover/LandRover PRRT is the best solution it opens under both temperature and flow temperature, and it is cheap.