marine head on land vehicle.

[billym9]

hey has anyone used a liquid cooled engine made for boats and hooked it up to a radiator and ran it on a car or truck. i think this would be a cool project.not shure if it would work though.

 

[Mattyfats420]

it would work if you had all the major components like a regular car. i dont see why it wouldnt

 

[beason]

if you had everything rad, pump, head, etc.. it seems doable, but weight would become an issue quickly, and holding it all together in a hard tumble would be difficult. sounds fun, but i wouldn't do it as a permanent install

 

[HeartBreak]

Perhaps if it was done on an onroad, such as a pan-car type 8th scale (which would require being 100% scratch built), I can't see why it couldn't work...

As for practicality, just like beason said; one good smack and it'd probably shatter like glass.

 

[Lessen]

Fine Designs has a watercooled brushless conversion for the Kyosho Inferno GT. It's got a water resevoir, pump and fan/brass tubing radiator. Pretty much everything you need to run a watercooled on-road. If they can do it for electrics I'm sure it could be done for nitro. Sounds like an awesome project :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[CharliesTheMan]

sounds kinda like one of those "lessen design everything you need yourself drag car projects" to me

 

[Lessen]

yep, probably so. It's a fun idea though for sure.

 

[CharliesTheMan]

Yea I'm stoked about it already. I'd really like to see the motor in a scaled case of a big block v 8 with everything set up like a liquid cooled automobile. Now that would be cool!

 

[Mattyfats420]

now were talking! i like that idea hehe