FYI for those people with overheating issues with their VX

[Etfren]

Just like Sue, my VX was overheating on the Top of the World trail in Moab this year, and has done the same on hot days climbing long hills here at home too, so I've been trying to come up with a solution for this too. I've got 2 10 inch electric fans in my rig but they don't seem to be any better (or worse) than factory, besides not having to worry about my fan clutch exploding again.

An idea my dad brought up and something I have been thinking about recently is mounting a sprayer system to mist the radiator with water to help cool it a little extra. I believe the STi (Wormgod want to chime in?) has a factory setup for this to spray cool water on the TMIC to help with heatsoak issues.

At least one of the top drift racers in Forumla D has a setup like this on his car to keep from overheating between runs because they spend a lot of time just sitting on the grid waiting. Other teams just carry a sprayer like you would use for weed killer and spray it down that way between runs.

[VX KAT]

Just like Sue, my VX was overheating on the Top of the World trail in Moab this year, and has done the same on hot days climbing long hills here at home too, so I've been trying to come up with a solution for this too. I've got 2 10 inch electric fans in my rig but they don't seem to be any better (or worse) than factory, besides not having to worry about my fan clutch exploding again..

Eric I didn't recall yours was doing it too...I remember MeowMix's was, and saw her hood up during our lunch break. Fan clutch exploding?...I musta missed that story!
I still can't believe so many VXs are now having this problem....all at the same time...?

[Etfren]

Eric I didn't recall yours was doing it too...I remember MeowMix's was, and saw her hood up during our lunch break. Fan clutch exploding?...I musta missed that story!
I still can't believe so many VXs are now having this problem....all at the same time...?

Yup, it was pushing to the top of the gauge, and Mark's VX wasn't too far behind me in overheating either. He had a Scanguage, but I forget what temp's he said he was getting up to.

Yeah, my fan clutch was going bad (didn't look into why it was so loud until after it went) and must have locked up or something because it broke the mount for the fan in half and shredded most of the belt when it went. Didn't feel like messing with replacing all that stuff, so I had my mechanic swap in the electric fans.