THE BUDDAH
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Hello to all,
Just posting some feed back.
For those of you who were reading my earlier threads about power and overheating this is the result after driving to Devon and back.
well.....as you know the power box was fitted. The box worked really well, cruse control on at about 55mph sat back and enjoyed the ride, no drag on any hill.
I added a on/off switch that seems to work though not sure whats going to happen when i go for a M.O.T, i'll turn it off and see.
The overheating problem.....I drilled a 8mm hole in the housing of the thermostat. Had an inline temerature switch fitted to the top water pipe that turns the aircon fans on at either 77 or 87 degrees, i chose the 87 degree option. I also had a manual switch option fitted to overide the thermostat to give me a permanent fan on should i feel the need to us it.
After testing the car i noticed that the thermostat operated switch worked, but when i took the key out of the ignition and walked away the air con fans were still running. So i fitted another switch giving me the option to cut the power from the fans and save on battery power.
I drove the car 290 miles to Devon with two fifteen minutes stops, drove around 50 miles during my stay at Devon and have just done the 290 mile return jurney. Although the aircon fans did kick in during some steep hill climbs carrying a boot full the engine temperature did not go above the half way on the gauge.
Overall a project well worth doing and would recomend it to any R/R owner who has a overheating problem.
The mpg read between 31mpg and 32mpg.
Mike
Just posting some feed back.
For those of you who were reading my earlier threads about power and overheating this is the result after driving to Devon and back.
well.....as you know the power box was fitted. The box worked really well, cruse control on at about 55mph sat back and enjoyed the ride, no drag on any hill.
I added a on/off switch that seems to work though not sure whats going to happen when i go for a M.O.T, i'll turn it off and see.
The overheating problem.....I drilled a 8mm hole in the housing of the thermostat. Had an inline temerature switch fitted to the top water pipe that turns the aircon fans on at either 77 or 87 degrees, i chose the 87 degree option. I also had a manual switch option fitted to overide the thermostat to give me a permanent fan on should i feel the need to us it.
After testing the car i noticed that the thermostat operated switch worked, but when i took the key out of the ignition and walked away the air con fans were still running. So i fitted another switch giving me the option to cut the power from the fans and save on battery power.
I drove the car 290 miles to Devon with two fifteen minutes stops, drove around 50 miles during my stay at Devon and have just done the 290 mile return jurney. Although the aircon fans did kick in during some steep hill climbs carrying a boot full the engine temperature did not go above the half way on the gauge.
Overall a project well worth doing and would recomend it to any R/R owner who has a overheating problem.
The mpg read between 31mpg and 32mpg.
Mike
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Still pretty good for a 2.2 tonne motor
