Same here. :P

I'm actually having trouble with the car overheating on hot days because the engine bay doesn't get enough air.

I can beat on the car at night and it's fine, but during the day it overheats. I blame the crappy EG halfrad and the fact that the intercooler blocks most of it.

 

Buy a bigger fan. Don't buy these ----- 12" fans. They suck. Buy a manly 14" fan. You may need to trim off a LITTLE extra material off the fan, but it will fit. It will also flow a lot more air which will help quite a bit. 14" fans are $50 off ebay. Just do a little searching and find the one that flows the most air.

 

im with u on that one haha, i bought he biggest one i could find at the time and did what i needed to have it fit lol. i love it. take off the bumper and everyones like DAMN! still does its job but looks twice as cool... my old jrc fmic 5", i jus got laughed at when the bumper came off lol

 

the bar and plate looks tight, and last long without the fins bending. and the intercooler sprayer looks cool, draws attention wihich aint too crazy about anymore. some ricers dont want to race me because they think its all that makes my power.

 

Trust me, there are other reasons why the car overheats, and it's not because I'm running a 12 inch fan. I have lots of little things I need to address. The dumptube needs to be routed out of the engine bay more, my downpipe needs to be heatwrapped as it's a 1/2 inch from the rad and my engine bay in general needs more air into it. 14 inch fan isn't gonna do dick if it's got no air source in the first place.

 

I'll bet you $5 the fan rectifies your problem assuming you don't have a fucked up coolant system(---- radiator, air in the system, bad thermostat, bad water pump).

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1697620

People sell piece of ---- fans that flow zilch.

 

a nice fan will reduce overheating chances by a lot actually... even if it has no air source, the fan PULLS the heat out and thats where the heat exchange occurs... my inercooler is 100% blocking my radiaor because of its angle but my 2 14" fans are doin the job... want more air? put a pusher fan on the front, and a puller fan on the back, done.

 

can someone quickly summarize whats the difference in performance wise between tube and fin and bar and plate intercoolers.

 

I don't disagree with you, I'm sure if I bought a 2000CFM fan, over my 1500CFM fan it might help a bit, but it's a bandaid solution. The dumptube fires into the crossmember, not out of the bay, and the DP is a half inch from the rad. I'd rather use some spare heatwrap, scrap pipe and some creative ducting than go drop more money on a fan. These are all, obvious and simple problems, with simple and obvious solutions, all that is required now is time/work, not more parts/money.

It's a halfrad in an EF with a 3inch dp, there's not really enough room anywhere to mount another fan.

 

I have to disagree. I have an internally wg on a t3/t04b, AC, full 3" dp, and an eg halfrad w/12" fan (same as the one pictured in that link's link). I was having some heat issues, them moved the fan to the front (flip the polatity *AND* blades, it matters!), seemed to go away some. (info http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1657766). Granted you might have to redo a lot to make it work (and that I have an innovative x-member)...

As for another solution for heat, if you don't have AC then block off the area besides the rad. If you do have AC, you can still do so, but make it more of a funnel. You also should run a taller, thinner fmic, since air will be traveling a bit faster into the rad if it has to deal with 1" less fmic.