Cooling mods for the average Joe

[BigBird]

for the hot head temps on shutdown, honda should have swapped to an electronic water pump like every other tuner car has, to cycle coolant through when the car is off.

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[blueroadster]

I mostly agree with this. Blankets should substantially reduce any radiated heat. They will also trap heat in the turbo / DP, and that can lead to longer cooldown times, but it can also cause higher turbo / DP peak temps.

It is possible that insulating the turbo / DP lead to higher temps under load and that, in the case of the turbo, this could damage the head gasket downstream (and cool down laps / driving time wouldn't prevent this; they would only prevent damage caused by prolonged cooldown times).

Good point.

 

[Websitesdown]

I'm not picking on @VtecSlayer for selling blankets mind you, I'm really not. I work on jet engines and know that what the guy in the video was talking about from an engineering standpoint, makes sense. These are the kinds of things that we look at when improving things and or when trouble shooting recurring issues.

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