jermainezey

will am bout to start a new project am going to build a water cooled nitro power truck am not sure if it going to be a monster truck or a rock climber am thinking it might be a monster truck i have a stampede i just bought a few nights ago it a roller with no engine or any of the elec. parts and it not put togather its a new frame and it only missing a few parts

army2000ng

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What type of engine are you planing on using?

jermainezey

am not sure yet am thinking about a traxxas pro .15 engine

jermainezey

have any thing in mind, so far i have 3 engine am waiting for them to get here all are use engine one is a traxxas pro .15 one a trx .15 and ones just the crank case which is 3.3 case ,am not really thinking about use the 3.3 case because it would cost a bit for parts for it so am just going to sell the 3.3 case and i have the ez stater for it but i dont know if the ez starter will fit the .15 engines

army2000ng

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For about 25$ more you can get a 2.5. It maintains a better coolingtemperaturethan a .15 . Just my opinion.

jermainezey

i dont plan on buying any more engines right as of now my girl friend already think am out of my mind for buying three at one time , but hey she wasn't saying nothing when i was buy parts to fix her red cat tornado buggy. but she kind of happy about the whole water cooled thing we dont know how its going to come out yet but i want to try to do it any way i still have to draw the blue print for the whole water cooling sytems i got build a radator and i got find sum kind of small pump to pump the water around , secound any thinking about using a small fan to keep air flow across the radator ,if u know any sites that might have sum of the parts name that would hlep out also

army2000ng

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Try a computer parts store, they have fans that cool the internal components of computers and can help to cool the engine.

army2000ng

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It's kind of good speaking to someone who doesn't bash redcat vehicles.

jermainezey

the red cat thats in my house is my girl friends i got it for her for her birthday

jermainezey

yea i was thinking bout get a computer fan , am thinking bout using copper tubing to make the radator and using a fuel tank as the water tank and also this way i will be able to add water as needed, i was thinkin about using one of those elec. fuel pumps they use to refuel rc planes with, have u ever seen a water cooled rc truck or car i have not so that kinda of what made me want to try it

army2000ng

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No I haven't. It reminds me of the cooling system on a motorcycle. The radiator sits in front providing liquidcoolantfor the motor.

jermainezey

do u think i should use anit freeze

jermainezey

if i can get to work right i might post it in the radio controll car action

army2000ng

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verydiluted.

jermainezey

so what kind of rc cars and trucks do u own

jermainezey

so i should use the anit freeze but very lil right mosty water but sum aint freeze to keep the copper from rust in out right

army2000ng

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One traxxas T Max, One HPI Savage, 2 BIG Foot 1/5 scale hummer and pickup, a redcat earethquake, volcano sv,lightning,aftershock.

jermainezey

i was think bout a soda bottle cap full and the rest water

army2000ng

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Sounds good, you can add more depending on hot it gets.

jermainezey

what kind of engines do they have and here pics of my mgt 3.0

jermainezey

do u think the fuel tank will work ok to hold the water while it run thur the sytem

rcnitrohead

Completely useless if your using it for a regular application... Beyond pointless, no point in making an engine run at lower than operating temp- its just asking for trouble, and adding lots of extra weight. If you want to do it for the cool factor, go for it I guess- but no benefits.

Now there are special occasions where such is required, such as R/C boats, or vehicles where the engine doesn't have proper cooling space. Example being I've been building a realistic 1/8th car for some time. The engine is position in the engine bay, the car is a hard body- and the engine will not have any airflow for cooling because it is completely enclosed. Hence why I need to have a coolant pump, radiator, cooling coil/lines for the engine, and reservoir tank in the engine bay...

jermainezey

that is why am doing i dont like to cut my nice body just to cool my engine so that why and also am going be build a secound truck soon with a frame that i built and it have so much am going to be doing i dont think air will keep it cool, do u have any pics of yours

jermainezey

where did u get the parts for your set up a have a few places in mind where to get the parts but mostly am going to make them my self

andybenton

ok look dude i say go for it, i dont see any reason not too. if your going to use it as a rock crawler it has a real application


have you thought about how your going to actualy cool the motor, like do you have a marine head for them?  if not you can use some copper tubing wrapped around the head. but remember youll need brolly and 8oz tank to hold the anti freeze. this will provide enough to keep the enigine cool. and not overheat and melt the tank.

but as far as a pump goes im not sure if the refueling pump will hold up to the temps.
for electric motors it works quite well, i built a bullet car, like straight line with a 540 size brushless lipo running 10,000 mah 2s2p packs.
i water cooled it scince the car was completly enclosed minuse the wheels touching the ground. kinda cool, really a good wast of time scince it couldnt turn tho. sold it a while back