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Hi Guys, we are from South Africa and we are upgrading our 3tc Turbo setup. We currently have 87mm low comp pistons, stock internals with arp bolt kits, small turbo and intercooler, dictator management, we managed a respectable 103kw wheel power We are now fitting the following 1. Wiseco 87mm 8.5:1 ...

Hi Guys,

We finally sorted the heating problems out, we dropped the intercooler, bled the system and put the original viscus fan back with a 12inch electric in the front, the heat gauge site on 1/4, which is perfect.

Thanks for all the advise, next thing is anyone selling a race diff and gearbox

Hi There,

No we do not have a gauge, we relying on OEM gauge, we have a 22inch fan on the radiator.

And a 12 inch pulling are for city driving.

We have decided to change the intercooler and leave the radiator exposed, fingers crossed

Hi As per my previous posts, we tried everything you guys advised and we still running at 3/4 heat gauge.

Our intercooler is sitting dead centre of the radiator, do you guys think that the intercooler is preventing cold air into the radiator which is causing the heating problem, thanks in advance

Thanks 73 GTV, we opened up the block and all the waterways were blocked with rust mixed with mud or something like that. We have flush the block using de-greasers and even pool acid. Most of the crud has been removed but the 4 journals on the intake side we cannot see as there are no welsh plugs on...

We had no thermostat in the beginning then we thought the water was not cooling enough so we added a thermostat, still no avail

Hi Guys, We are from South Africa and we built a 3tc turbo, we are currently facing heating problems, we have converted the original radiator to a 3row (3core) put in an electric fan and OEM thermostat but the car still heats up to 3/4 on the gauge. Please advise on what this could mean, we are lean...

Thanks guys for the critical analysis of my situation, it really helps us in this part of the world.

Once I take her to the tuner and dyno her I will post figures

Thanks 15 15, Yes I did install arp head, fly and rod kit onto my motor. Thanks for the contact at paradise racing aswell, do you have an email. Also remember that I am from south Africa our exchange rate to the dollar is not something to be desired. If you know any private guys that want to sell fo...

Thanks 1515, We much appreciate the useful advice. Do you think the stock rods and maincaps will be able to hold at 15psi. One last thing is do you know of any dealers/people that sell and ship parts to other countries. I am looking at going 89mm pistons with forged rods and maincaps. I first need t...