JekRankin
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 08:17 AM |
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Is my radiator big enough?
I'm starting to consider the plumbing for my 2003 5pw R1.
As has been discussed quite a few times before on the forum, many people are using the mk2 polo radiators, so I recently purchased one on ebay.
However, I've since found out that the 1.0 model radiator has a core size of 380*322 while the 1.1 model has a larger core of 420*322.
It appears I have the smaller one! Will this be large enough to keep my engine cool, or should I cough up and go buy the bigger size?
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jpindy3
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 08:38 AM |
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il tell you what i drove my car for the first time the other day,and the temp stayed around 80c thats a tuned pinto new engine,with a polo rad,
mybe a little to good,
when i was on a fast road it was down to 70c
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ashg
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 08:55 AM |
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it will be fine. rember ali polo rads are much much more efficient than old steel sierra rads. and as for the bike engine the polo rad is double the
size of the bike one.
[Edited on 22/5/09 by ashg]
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02GF74
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 11:30 AM |
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well, I have an even bigger polo one; 62 cm (width) x 33 cm (height)
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JekRankin
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| posted on 22/5/09 at 12:45 PM |
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Thanks for the feedback everyone.
I've read that the standard R1 radiator is about 300*400mm, so my Polo radiator at 322*380mm is a touch larger.
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