Best ways to lower engine temp

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Best ways to lower engine temp

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As most of us know, keeping the engine temperature lower helps performance. Beside cold air intake, what can do this job at a decent price?<P>-Does a racing radiator worth it?<BR>-what else?<P>thanks!
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intake and manifold spacers, water wetter in the cooling system.<P>And what do you mean by a racing radiator?
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lower temp theromstat and waterweter spacers TB coolent bypass I read something about Rad caps with lower boilover temp
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simple. buy that $12 header and exhaust wrap and all you have to do is wrap your headers and your piping with the wrap and it reduces engine temperature to almost 50-70%! it works well. i also checked on a dyno and i got an increase of around 2 hp....not bad for $12.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by marshmallow15:<BR><STRONG>simple. buy that $12 header and exhaust wrap and all you have to do is wrap your headers and your piping with the wrap and it reduces engine temperature to almost 50-70%! it works well. i also checked on a dyno and i got an increase of around 2 hp....not bad for $12.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yeah but what about moisture??
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you can use a better radiator. the header and exhaust wrap is simply a heatshield resistant to up to 3000 degrees. works nice.
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