Please post suggestions on how to keep the engine bay temperatures cool.
This is what I came up with searching:

1 - Put washers to raise the hood from the back.
2 - Relocate battery to trunk.
3 - Someone relocated their windshield washer tank, but forgot where.

There are other suggestions like hacking up your hood, civic radiator, basically reducing parts that arent needed so there is more space for cooling down. Please post your suggestions for STREET CARS.

 

i know this is a long shot but it worth considering:

We all know heat rises, so by putting a small fan (maybe a PC power supply fan) near the top of the engine bay and draw out the hot air thru a duct that leads outside the car.

or just get a hood with an scoop.

or supposedly a Fluidyne radiator reduces heat by as much as 10 degrees

 

Get some header wrap, but remember it deletes the warranty.

 

does anyone think removing the splash guard does anything for airflow to cool things down?

 

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im not sure for civics, but i know for my 88 toyota supra turbo, removing the "splash guard" under the car actually is a bad thing, since when driving it is used to deflect air into the engine bay and cool the car. found this out after i said "whats this plastic thing, aahhh i dont need it" threw it away, then i was overheating. did some research and found out that the plastic pieces are used to move air into engine area on me

 

btw, i am talking about turboed cars ...

i am interested in the fan idea to push out the hot air, anyone have any ideas how to fab it up.

i know this might sound ridiculous, but how about incorporating some type of misting system inside the engine bay? ... just a thought.

 

remove hood and drive.

 

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Thats the way to go right there!
You could always get a FAL fan... friend with gsr swap got one after overheating problem, and has not had an overheating problem since then... just a thought

 

Take a look at what the latest WRC cars are doing for heat management. The focus uses ducting and fans mounted to the underside of the hood to pull heat from the radiator and send it out through vents in the hood. Old Chrysler turbo cars had the turbo on the firewall side of the motor and ran vents in the hood that let heat out when stationary and cool air in when moving.

If you can get the radiator/intercooler heat out through the hood that will help a lot. Consider also running ducting from under the bumper to the area of the turbo and venting that out through the hood too.

You want to keep the heat in the exhaust manifold and turbine part of the turbo for fast response, so heat wrap on them will help. Consider wrapping the rest of the exhaust as far back as the firewall to reduce heat transfer to the engine compartment.

 

Passenger side at the base of the windshield there is a 10" x 1.5" strip of plastic you can remove.
Because there is a pressure buildup at the base of the windshield, this will help airflow into the engine bay. . .

 

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Because there is a pressure buildup at the base of the windshield, this will help airflow into the engine bay. . .</TD></TR></TABLE>
Don't get me wrong, but isn't the pressure there to feed air into the heater and AC unit?