The first Canberra winter morning at -6 degrees, when the throttle freezes solid I bet you would wish you had it :-)
Cheers, Feral Errol <http://www.datrats.com.au/> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FJ20 coolant flow to throttle body Thanks Terry, Stuart Wilkins Motorsport had suggested dispensing with the water heating pipes for the TB - but having motorcycled across town throughout many a Canberra winter I wasn't so keen. I'm want to replace the two TB hose pipes - but what to get and where from - Lennocks Phillip didn't sound hopeful, but suggested anything's possible at a $$$price from Japan. I removed pipes tonight and will take it along the usual auto shops, a straight bit just wont do obviously due to the 90 degree bend from the TB but I guess it could take a wider path. I'm running a Haltech F9 computer. Haven't verified the thermostat but indicators are it on the money - last night's drive read shade over 80 maybe 85, not quite as quick to get to 90 under some boost as it was with the old single core radiator - reading on a after-market VDO gauge. Mark.JT On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 10:39 PM, Terry Rudd wrote: > Mark, > > Good stuff mate, I told you it would fit but the 12" fan is a bit > tricky. We > didn't run the plenum water bypass in the race engine as had MT8 > controlling > things, but most of the street ppl do in Canberra. If you are running > the > stock ECU then most of the sensors on the FJ engine are heat related > one way > or another, so you have to be careful what you do away with especially > in > Canberra winters. The connections on the thermostat housing are > particularly > prone to going bad, the AFM & TPS aren't far behind and you must run a > good > quality thermostat 180F or 82C. > > enjoy it, and regards > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 25 November 2002 1:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FJ20 coolant flow to throttle body > > > Finallly dropped my shiny new N13 radiator and 12" electric fan in my > 1600/F20T last weekend - what a nice fit and no more rad. cap dents > in my bonnet. [Well, "dropped in" after two very long afternoons of > measuring, drilling and minor fabrication plus custom fit the N10 fan > shrowd, all after 2 weeks to source a suitable fan...] > > Anyways, test drive and what's this coolant pissing out - Geezus I > double checked everything myself - turns out just bad luck as the > leak is unrelated being from the hoses going to the throttle body. > What timing though! Do you guys running Z18/FJ20s blank off this > water heating of the throttle body i.e. is it neccessary (I'm in > Canberra so winter's around 0 degrees by the time I depart in AM) > > Mark.JT > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
