Oh thats right original touch-up paint from the factory, and I still use it :pimpflash

hey CJ, where did ya get that emblem? never seen a black emblem like that (besides the stock ones, i've seen the silver and the carbon-fiber ones)

weee! :D
oh, and in this pic u can also see that black box u need to get at to reset the 'Oxygen Sensor' light on the dash. in this pic, the black box is located next to the bottom right corner of the brake booster.

Its just a sticker overlay, I dont think there are any colored roundles, although I have seen a CF one in a Euro mag but it was about $120. My friend works at a shop where they sell vinyl stickers, so he made me up some:buttrock, but I've seen them in BavAuto for $10...

How about this one...showing some damage to a friend's e36 after she took on a curb....and lost. But she put up a good fight....at 40mph.....backwards.....slidding.....

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid85/pcc7f788bd7d51060ac8f2cf19c9fb8b0/fabe926a.jpg

:devillook (i thought i was badass .. 50 in a 25..)

Running a little warm ther arent we Matt?

Originally posted by blitzed310
Running a little warm ther arent we Matt?


as usual:clap: i need a beefed up radiator! :buttrock

old pic huh? That steering wheel is on my car now.

haha i was gonna say that blitzed but ya beat me to it



Kyle

any ideas on letting it run cooler? im out of ideas ..

I have an 175cfm electric fan and it never goes past the second mark even in heavy trafic in the summer. Everything else is stock. I have it on the front side of the radiator.

Originally posted by blitzed310
I have an 175cfm electric fan and it never goes past the second mark even in heavy trafic in the summer. Everything else is stock. I have it on the front side of the radiator.

where can i buy one and how do you have it wired up

i got mine at Kragen it came wired up to a thermostat very easy install, but if you get it i can walk you throw the install i hooked up my own relay and fuse just to be safe

yeah matt, get the electric fan mod! :D free up some more hp :)

i'm running the 14" hayden (also sold under the name imperial) 3690 rapid-cool thin line fan....they're sold at pepboys (and i think checkers) for around 80 bucks.
they draw 9.8 amps and push/pull 1050 cfm thru a typical radiator core. IMO, don't buy their adjustable thermostat....mine went dead really fast, and i've heard other people have had the same problem.

and as for cooling, this was the first full AZ summer my electric fan has seen and it kept the engine a lot cooler compared to the stock fan (especially in traffic)......i think the highest it got was the 3/4's mark (whereas w/ the stock fan it sometimes reached the red area on the temp gauge).

can it be hooked up instead of the auxiliary fan, using the factory relay and wiring? Mine is frozen, and 160 bucks is too much for a fan....

If you mean your AUX fan is frozen, then you can just take it apart and clean the brushes off and spary them down with contact fluid, this has worked for me in the past with no problems. Hey jbob I dont know where the hell i got 175cfm is beyond me if your pushing 1050, but I also have an Imperial fan but its 12" and it came with the thermostat, it has 8 blades in the "S" configuration. I dont know the right specs on it but it was one step above the 10" model(226116) do you happen to know the model, I paid about $90 for it if I can remember...

jason - i think i will be down for this mod next then .. considering how hot it still is here and considering how bad you beat me on saturday (ouch) .. lol shoot me some more info about it on aim and ill go buy it and try my hand at installing it.

hmmm....hayden/imperial only make one type of electric radiator fans now (they used to make this louder one w/ straight fan blades vs the 'S' shaped ones).

CJ, i think ur 12" fan should be rated at 675cfm thru the radiator
checkout the specs on their online catalog (haydenauto.com )

matt, lol, yeah saturday was fun :D (and the new urethane control arms rock!). the fan is pretty easy to install, altho u gotta cut some of the plastic shield on the fan so it'll clear the water pump pulley, and yank out the radiator to mount the fan (might as well backflush the system & radiator at the same time).