Replacing the old radiator was quit easy, all I had to do was drain the coolant, unscrew the top rad support, take the old hoses off, unscrew the fan and then installed the new one doing the same steps backward. It took me about 45mins to do the replacement and then another 15 minutes or so to add water to the radiator as the engine warmed up and air bubbles came out.
Old Copper Radiator New Aluminum Radiator
Here is how it looks installed in the car
Hellfire is done and ready to race
12 hours later the kit is done and ready to race and I love how this thing looks. The workmanship in this kit is superb and ready for any type of abuse I plan to shell out. But I will do a driving review in a bit once I get to play with it a bit. I posted a few pictures down below of the completed kit.
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Here is a picture of the Hellfire compared to my 1.5″ extended Savage. |
Driving to work on the weekend I noticed the familer sweet smell of car coolant that I knew was gonna put a dent on my wallet some way or another. I lifted the hood when I got to work and all I could see is green antifreeze all over the front of my radiator and the inside of my bumper. I left it for a few hours for the coolant to cool down so I could take off the rad cap and when I did the the rad was full of fluid so I was like ok where in the world is it leaking from. But I did notice my reservior was low so I took an empty 2 liter bottle filled my reservior with water and washed down the rad and its surroundings. I drove it home that day and while driving I was watching my temp gauge not to over heat my engine. When I got home I opened the hood and looked at the area around the rad and couldn’t see anything but a bit of coolant every where. I looked closer at the rad and and then I saw it squirt squirt squirt , my rad had a tiny little hole that was spewing coolant all over the front of my bumper. I guess it’s time for a new rad and hoses, time to jump on eBay and see what they got. I looked online and found some for a decent price but only problem is waiting 2 weeks for shipping. So today I phoned around to auto supply stores and a few radiator supply stores and managed to find an aluminum rad for a decent price. Now why did I go for aluminum well aluminum is stronger then copper, cools better and should last longer, this is good because I have big plans for this car to add a VTEC engine and a turbo. Now incase you don’t believe me that aluminum is better check out this link StockCarProducts. Once I get the rad installed I will post images and info.
8 Hours into Assembly
It’s been 8 hours into assembly and man am I impresseed with the innovation of this kit. Too many mods to list but one I really like that I did not have on my savage is the center differential. The center differential is good for transfering power between the front and back of the truggy and added to the outside of the diff is a dual brake system which allows you to control the amount of braking power that is applied to the front and back separately.
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The differential was filled with 50K oil to help keep the power more even between the front and back but still giving it sufficient slippage as needed.
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The K4.6 looks great from the outside and has adjustment screws for low, mid, high and idle screw for maximum tunning.
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The overall chassis is just a tad shorter then my extended savage but has a wider stance which should give it more stability on cornering.
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The fuel tank is decent size and has a fuel filter bracket which is nice for keeping your fuel lines all neat and tidy.
Start of Assembly
It was a wicked birthday this year because my brother got me an HPI Hellfire SS Truggy Kit. I had a choice between the Mugen MBX5T ProSpec and the Hellfire SS but I am glad I chose the Hellfire because once again HPI put a lot of thought into making this kit so the quality of workmanship and fit is top notch. The tires came pre-glued so that saves me some time and the body is clear so I can paint it to my liking. Here’s a few pics of the box.
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The contents of the box was very nicely packed all the bags were labeled Bag A, B, C and so on for ease of assembly.
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Here is a closeup of the diffs being assembled. I put stock 7000wt oil in both front and rear diffs but will probably go to thicker oil once I start tuning to my style of racing.
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On the first night of assembly I finally went to sleep at 2:30am after assembling most of the front end minus the shocks.So far I am very pleased with the workmanship and fit of all the parts in this kit and will have updates as the kit gets assembled.
Well 2 weeks have passed and I managed to get some more mods on the car. I got Mufflertech to install a 2.5″ exhaust from the Catalytic Converter all the way back to a Magnaflow muffler with a chrome tip. This should be sufficient to spool up a turbo pretty quick on the up coming 1.6 Liter VTEC. I also purchased a Vibrant short ram intake that sounds really good when you slam the gas pedal to the floor. It sounds stock while driving normally around town but when you slam the pedal it has a really deep throaty sound to it. A few weeks back I picked up a carbon fiber hood and some used projector headlights so I put the headlights on and now it looks like it has attitude. The hood will have to wait for a paint job because I think I will paint it too.
Stock Intake vs. Vibrant Intake
Stock Headlights vs. Projector Headlights
Magnaflow Muffler + Chrome Tip and Another front angle picture
