GT3 kitted exige s

This was my thoughts for gearbox cooler, Mocal pump , 13 row cooler , cooler shroud with direct feed from an extra naca duct in the under tray. I would probably add a 80’c temp switch in a boss on the lower gearbox outlet fitting to turn the pump on rather than running all the time.

Why did you decide to go to air cooling? Even motorcycles have gone to water cooling back in the 1980s. The Laminova heat exchanger is such a light and compact piece of kit…

Because there is good knowledge that a 300hp SC car still with aircon is on it’s limits when it comes to heat management, air to oil cooler seems sensible.

I only used to use my oil cooler on track, never quite saw the point of a thermostat

Well, then I would question that “knowledge” because ther is at least one guy on LotusTalk that has aircon and has proven otherwise…

Im new to Exiges but from reading I have seen a few people mention the cooling issues when still running AC and Laminova heat exchangers , this may not be as big a problem for me living in Scotland where there is more chance of snow than sun but would rather not take the risk.

Ive used ducted oil/air coolers in the past on other cars and they can work well and if packaged right can be fairly compact.

Ade did you just have your pump on a switch for track use ? Just though a temp switch latching a control relay could make it a auto system, maybe with a led on the dash to show when the pump is running.

Yes, simple switch, I wanted it that way as I could then easily tell if the pump was on before setting off, also it gave me the option on cold days to warm the gearbox oil more quickly. Better all round for me.

so i did toss up the laminova extension to what i have already (engine oil) vs the pwr tranny cooler, and it just seemed too good a scoop to waste given my oe intercooler scoop is unused

pwr is also insanely light

The Mohawk roof scoop (intercooler scoop) should be used for engine air intake…like all normal cars…including F1 use it for.

I’d reconsider your priorities…

I had twin laminovas with triple pass rad on my 2-11 for oil and sadev gearbox cooling. It was the factory set up for the gt4. Ran it like that for a couple of years racing.

Upon stripping the car down to return it to road use, it was evident the cooling system wasn’t coping as well as desired. Plastic tags on the ends of the hoses leading into the laminovas had all started to melt and discolour etc.

When the gearbox went back in gavt3 I put the gearbox cooling on it own seperate circuit with an air cooled rad. I personally think it is the better way to do it albeit you need to package another rad in there.

Absolutely no reason why not to use it for gearbox cooler, after all it’s just a duct.

Porsche 962 used the roof intake for the intercooler…and that car wasn’t exactly unsuccessful!

Honda K20A2 powered car so charger setup is quite a bit different, saying that it’s also 808KG wet and 330@hubs DIN. Engine intake behind the passenger side scoop intake.

So have considered my priorities, and getting the right Japanese donkey was key.

Few parts started to arrive for the car , and had a bit of time now I’m home from work to start going through the car .
Looks to have a lot of nice parts but also a few bodges so will take a little bit more work than I thought.
I have got some oil temp and pressure gauges , may use the temp one for the gearbox to start with to get an idea of how hot the box actually gets.

Unfortunately due to a mix up at the dvla the V5 got lost , so have now had to re apply, this has also meant i can’t road tax the car :cry:

Did get my road wheels mounted up and adjusted the ride height up as it was set at 105 front /115 rear when loaded with 75kg in each seat.

I do need a mid tray if anyone has one forsale as its missing , are all the S2 ones the same or do the Toyota cars have a different design ?

Very smart,especially the wheels

Yeah, that looks very nice.

What do you mean by the mid tray. Front behind the splitter, or rear under the engine/fuel tank?
If front I think you’d be best to make your own as the flat splitter won’t mate up to the original.

BTW car looks better every time I come back to this thread

Thanks :slight_smile:

The one under the engine/ fuel tank before the diffuser.

Now have full working lights after replacing the switch module behind the speedo , before the left hand side main beam was getting no power.

While in at the dash I removed the top dash section that had previously been carbon dipped, I didn’t really like the effect and think it would of caused glare on the screen. So this afternoon I wrapped that in grey alcantara , I was going to do the speaker/ switch panels swell but left them dipped to match the steering column surround.

Pic makes it look blotchy but its just the pile lying different ways

wheels look ace

Believe the rear mid tray is different between the toyota and rover cars. Might be more difficult to get than say a diffuser, as it wouldn’t normally get replaced.

BTW been meaning to ask, how have the front indicators been incorporated into the headlights. I’ve got some halo’s to use, but wondering what’s been done here.