So ive finally decided to drop my b16 in my crx, after having the longblock sitting at my house for 6 months, and since it will be a pain to do this in the future i figured i should build the motor up a bit before i drop it in. so far i have planned the buddy club head package (spec3 cams, bc cam gears, titanium valves, retainers, and valve springs), and have been looking at upgrading my cooling system. i was looking at the fluidyne radiators over on IL4, and was wondering what the differences would be for a full size or a half size? obviously, half size gets that clean and neat engine bay look, but is there any differences in effectiveness or for how long i can run the motor without having heating issues?

CN: what are the performance/technical differences between a full and half sized radiator? cooling issues?

 

well OBVIOUSLY your gonna get less cooling efficiency due to less water cooling to the air, unless you slow down your waterpump(somehow???) so that the water spends longer in the readiator and hence cools a bit more, what about a radiator, half as wide and about twice as thick, effectivly giving same cooling capacity. just make sure its made of good materials so that it does cool to roughly t he same efficiency as before.

dunno about this idea, but maybe adding in an oil cooler, to help keep engine temps down? and thus reducing the water temp(although very slightly), what do you guys reckon on that 2nd idea???

-|saac|-