racer Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Running very cool is not a good thing an engine that's too cool will be less efficient, and have a tendency to carbon up. This can also result in accelerated engine wear. Running too cool can be just as bad as running too hot. Take a look at this chart to better understand 358285[/snapback] great minds think alike. look at the post times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzcolobanshee Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Get out of my head!! great minds think alike. look at the post times. 358298[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeechozen1 Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Thats intresting, I bought one of the no-name oversized radiators off e-bay, it's a nice piece and was just a hair over 2 hundo shipped. The problem is it takes 20 mins just to warm her up now. I let it idle for 15 mins then ride her easy till she wakes up, I hope this doesn't wear my bore out quick as hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzcolobanshee Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Definetely not good for it, the worst thing you can do to your engine is let idle when it's cold, you should ride around taking it very easy, this will get it up to temperature much faster, thermostat would be the best thing, not sure how you could rig that up though, just put in an rz lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted April 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 I ride down at Walden a lot. Those who have been there know what I am talking about. There are a lot of old river beds & stuff down in the forest where you CANT get moving really fast to flow decent amouts of air through your rads. I spend almost all day down on these trials and doing the hillclimbs that come up out of them. I rarely go out on the big dunes where you can get up some speed. Since I spend most of my time down where there is no air-flow I need aditional cooling when it starts to get real hot outside and I am reving the crap out of my bike. The mod that I did will keep my engine temp right where it needs to be. Don't worry about if I am running too hot or too cold. Don't you think I would do the research before I did a mod like this? I have a temp gauge that I took the readings off of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzcolobanshee Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 I totally understand that, I'm climbing hills all day long, more cooling would rock, I don't overheat too much anymore, water wetter seems to keep me goin strong. I just wanted everyone to know these facts since you gave the generalized statement that cooler is better, dont want people wrapping dry ice around their engine or something stupid lol We'll have to meet up sometime, I'm headed up this weekend to check it out I ride down at Walden a lot. Those who have been there know what I am talking about. There are a lot of old river beds & stuff down in the forest where you CANT get moving really fast to flow decent amouts of air through your rads. I spend almost all day down on these trials and doing the hillclimbs that come up out of them. I rarely go out on the big dunes where you can get up some speed. Since I spend most of my time down where there is no air-flow I need aditional cooling when it starts to get real hot outside and I am reving the crap out of my bike. The mod that I did will keep my engine temp right where it needs to be. Don't worry about if I am running too hot or too cold. Don't you think I would do the research before I did a mod like this? I have a temp gauge that I took the readings off of. 358349[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRed350x Posted April 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 I totally understand that, I'm climbing hills all day long, more cooling would rock, I don't overheat too much anymore, water wetter seems to keep me goin strong. I just wanted everyone to know these facts since you gave the generalized statement that cooler is better, dont want people wrapping dry ice around their engine or something stupid lol We'll have to meet up sometime, I'm headed up this weekend to check it out 358372[/snapback] stop by laramie on your way through & come ride at the track. If you do MX at all. Drop me a PM if you wanna come. You have to have a key to get in, so I could take you if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzcolobanshee Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 (edited) I'm not setup for mx at all, but thanks for the offer...do you have any pics of your radiator setup? I was climbing hills all day saturday and realized I was overheating more than I wanted to...does leave more time for drinking beer though Nevermind I saw the pics, I'll have to figure out something a little more discreet Edited April 25, 2005 by rzcolobanshee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brock_fuzzy_69 Posted April 26, 2005 Report Share Posted April 26, 2005 i always had in mind to add a small coolant tank inline with the radiator return hose it will make the temps more stabil than anything else as there will be more water in the system to heat up so the system as a whole would heat up at a slower rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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