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007 VXR

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64,187 posts

187 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Just got back from the Fish..... Thanks guys cars running great..

Now headers have been coated she is running alot cooler. drive home was 2 hours, with
some very heavy driving wink o/s temp 24C
got home opened car door very little heat coming in the car from underside.
Left car running for 2min while i opened the garage drove her in, put my hand on the bonnet
and it was skin warm. Also air coming out of the air vents was just warm ish. abit like a hairdryer with your hand 12 inchs away no heat just warm air cool


mikeyb1987

2,356 posts

154 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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007 VXR said:
Just got back from the Fish..... Thanks guys cars running great..

Now headers have been coated she is running alot cooler. drive home was 2 hours, with
some very heavy driving wink o/s temp 24C
got home opened car door very little heat coming in the car from underside.
Left car running for 2min while i opened the garage drove her in, put my hand on the bonnet
and it was skin warm. Also air coming out of the air vents was just warm ish. abit like a hairdryer with your hand 12 inchs away no heat just warm air cool
Sounds good. Is there comparable logs for before/after scratchchin

007 VXR

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64,187 posts

187 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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mikeyb1987 said:
Sounds good. Is there comparable logs for before/after scratchchin
I dont no? shout Roger ???

I know he did the before logs, but we were only going to do the after log once chiller is fitted so not sure..

pah250

3,269 posts

155 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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How long were your headers at zircotec Mark? Mine are there now. Hoping to have them back and fitted before SRR.

007 VXR

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187 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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pah250 said:
How long were your headers at zircotec Mark? Mine are there now. Hoping to have them back and fitted before SRR.
They over ran with mine so took over 5 weeks rage

Still looks like it was worth the wait biggrin

VinceM

1,895 posts

138 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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That sounds good.

y question is, the heat is presumably still being produced by the engine, what happens to it? Where does it go?

snowwolf

11,503 posts

175 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Sounds a good mod 007 looking forward to meeting you both at SRR smile

007 VXR

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64,187 posts

187 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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VinceM said:
That sounds good.

y question is, the heat is presumably still being produced by the engine, what happens to it? Where does it go?
Out the back of the wortec?

Gary H 2008

3,507 posts

189 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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ARAF

20,759 posts

223 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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VinceM said:
That sounds good.

y question is, the heat is presumably still being produced by the engine, what happens to it? Where does it go?
Stilll being produced, but dispatched out of the rear, rather than hanging around the engine bay. wink

007 VXR

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Wednesday 1st October 2014
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snowwolf said:
Sounds a good mod 007 looking forward to meeting you both at SRR smile
thumbup Shame the chiller cooler will not be fitted in time frown
But i will get back to SRR asap once it is smile

pah250

3,269 posts

155 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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007 VXR said:
pah250 said:
How long were your headers at zircotec Mark? Mine are there now. Hoping to have them back and fitted before SRR.
They over ran with mine so took over 5 weeks rage

Still looks like it was worth the wait biggrin
yikes They've got less than 3 weeks to do mine!

007 VXR

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64,187 posts

187 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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pah250 said:
007 VXR said:
pah250 said:
How long were your headers at zircotec Mark? Mine are there now. Hoping to have them back and fitted before SRR.
They over ran with mine so took over 5 weeks rage

Still looks like it was worth the wait biggrin
yikes They've got less than 3 weeks to do mine!
Ooops... lead time was 3/4 weeks frown

Fingers crossed mate biggrin

GaryNoGrip

1,444 posts

175 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Looking forward to seeing your car at srr!

IXLR8

2,025 posts

149 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Great news on your car thumbup

Soooo temps are well down scratchchin

love to see the difference in temp WITHOUT the chiller fitted as that's where I will be...

shout Roger

ringram

14,700 posts

248 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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No doubt we will find out at SRR

007 VXR

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64,187 posts

187 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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ringram said:
No doubt we will find out at SRR
don't need SRR to tell me its running colder,
which was my goal, you can feel the difference from the bonnet.

Yanayaya

912 posts

184 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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What were the headers coated in mate?

007 VXR

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187 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Yanayaya said:
What were the headers coated in mate?
zircotec did them.