jwan

has anyone had any experience with nova cooling heads and nova cooling engine mounts? do they make a difference? is there a point in getting both, or should I just get the head?

tegwin

I have the head and i like it a lot. It makes the engine run slightly cooler, it also means that the engine stays about the same temperature for most of the time its running.

It also looks amazing, and because it is slightly taller than the stock one, this means that to the uneducated eye it looks like you have one huge engine

Hope this helps

smitty70

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The nova head works great. It reduced my temps about 30-40 deg. You probably don't need both.

jwan

no one has tried the heat sink engine mount?

matster

I have heard, that the engine mounts are good, but from what I have read on Savage-central, it is not worth the money to buy both, as they will cool the engine too much together.

Just an opinion.

mini ripper

I have got one on the way the engine heat sink not to sure about the effectiveness of it but looks and anything nova is good quality I run nova heads on all my trucks and on my monster gt i have the cooling head and engine mount

jwan

T-meker, do u find that with both you cool your engine down too much? how much of a drop in temp have u got?

mini ripper

Jwan,
Oh yea i suppose they do as i can hammer the engine for ages and the temps never go above 250f bearing in mind it is spring here so outside temps are 7-12C but ill have to wait till the summer kicks in and then ill have a more informed opinion on your question but i realy like anything Nova do the quality is brilliant. I ahve also got a set of there clutch shoes in my mgt as i have got the hotbodies UFO wheels on it as anything else just looks stupid on there.

T-meker

jwan

Cool sounds great! I might get both then. I have read on another forum that some people think the mount is sham because you don't really get much air flow on the mount and that you can actually cool the bottom of your engine too much (???). Any thoughts?

lol more importantly... since I'll be getting the head regardless, does the nova head come with an 'underhead' as well. The underhead is the part that goes over the piston and where the glow plug screws into... I stripped mine a couple of weeks ago...

I'm going cold turkey here!!

mini ripper

No its doesnt come with the under plate so you will have to get one from your local hobby store but get the nova cooling head and engine mount you will not be disapointed at all they are bling and work very well. All this about your engine runnning to cool is poop as oil at higher temps becomes thinner and the thinner it gets the less of lubricant a it becomes so as long as you can keeep the temps around 200-290f range you are going to be fine and your engine willl last better.

All the best

T-meker

Vintage_Duff

get both i have tried the mount and it lowers and extra
20 and the head lowers it another 50

matster

It's all about surface area, not neccessarily air flow. The more surface area there is the more heat dissipates.

jwan

I think I'm pretty much sold on getting both! now only one more question... where can I get an underhead online?

smitty70

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It takes your stock underhead button.

jwan

I've stripped my stock head and need a replacement. I can't seem to find one online though

sdavenport04

Did you find one yet? I have one from my 21bb. If you want it I will ship it to you for $5. Let me know.

badboy2

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i only have one its on my 8port and it really lowers the temps...

jwan

I got the nova head and cooling mount a while ago now, its great, really lowered the temps, in fact sometimes I'm worried they're too low.

I realised too late though that i should have got the one for the s-25 and ordered a new head button for the 21, that way it might have been possible for me to use the nova head on a new engine (when that eventually happens), and also, cos the head button is built in to the 21 nova head, if I strip it again, I'll need a whole new head...

badboy2

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they should have made this heads compatible to all engines like all big block heads will fit any big block engine that way if my engine dies i can use it on my other engines