ItsAdamC
RMS Regular
Looks like a really cool project! I look forward to seeing where it goes
Yep. Once the lockdown has finished go and see him, I'll drop you his details.
No intercooler at the minute, I'll run it and see what it's like, to be honest I don't think it needs one, it's such a low power engine anyway that anything over the standard 40bhp will be a bonusWhat’s the reason for no intercooler. I am an air cooled pleb and don’t know anything about the engines but I’m interested to find out why. Did you talk about it earlier in thread if so excuse my ignorance.
I am looking forward to seeing this on the body. It’s an amazing machine.
Good question. Only one way I'll find out. The engine lid is vented so it will allow the engine bay to breath a little. For sure it will raise temps, remember the Renault 5s used to perculate the fuel back in the day. . It will sit and idle all day long and not get even remotely warm in the garage. However it's only going to show just how hot it gets when it's under load. I do have a spare oil cooler here so can run a secondary one if needs be. I do however want it to be reliable, if not, it'll go on carbs but I'm very much confident that it'll work. Famous last wordsSilly question time - will the heat generated by the turbo effect the overall temp of the engine compartment and thus the engine itself? Or is it likely the turbo just won't be working hard enough to generate extra heat?