Knightsport V-mount

[B9 KLF]

Hi Guys

Who has one of these fitted since I need some info please.

Are there any identifying marks on the radiator (alternative manufacturer etc) and are both hoses top fed. Where does your feed from the AST go to?

Many thanks

Keith

[Grizzly]

I don\'t think there is alot of these about, they are top shelf and cost alot compaired too some of the other makes out there.

i belive RE.Worx sell them, have a word with them.

[20B_boy]

Are there any identifying marks on the radiator (alternative manufacturer etc)

From recollection they use either modified ron davies or koyo rads, probably koyo as they are a lot cheaper than RD\'s in japan! I\'m pretty sure the Rotary Extreme v-mount kits use a chopped up koyo - and seeing as the KS kit existed first and the \'similarities\' between KS and RE v-mount kits - its not impossible that RE decided not to re-invent the wheel so to speak with their radiator solution ;-)

I *think* the koyos have the name stamped in the top tank so u might be able to see it on yours keith if it is a koyo they used.

HTH,
R.

[rmagictastic]

Sort of right 20b, they use Ron Davis, and it looks like this!!!


Rmaj

[Iwan]

The kit on customers car has had a koyo rad as a V-Mount set.
the kit is original Knight Sports. So Rich is right, them use Koyo as well.

REgards
Iwan

[rmagictastic]

oo er i stand corrected,

just never seen any koyos on KS v-mount setup. how old is the one your looking at Iwan??

cheers

Rmaj

[20B_boy]

just never seen any koyos on KS v-mount setup. how old is the one your looking at Iwan??

:Giggle Ive probably seen a couple of thousand FD\'s over the last few years and I\'ve seen may be 5-10 KS v-mounts - and I couldnt swear all of them were actually KS as so many small jap tuning companies replicate other peoples stuff - just look at hyper rev...

I had a vague recollection they had changed at some point, as i\'m sure we\'ve supplied kits with different types of rad in them tbh. Whether they fit what they have or want, or if they did only use koyo and now only use RD I dont know. Could probably find out tho...

[B9 KLF]

Thanks for the replies.

Are they all top fed and where does the AST feed go into please.

Keith

[Grizzly]

I tell you what some one Give me a V-mount kit and i\'ll have a look to see who its made by??? :yes

Go on you know you want to lol

[chrno]

I thinkt that KS have changed their radiators 3 times since they started with v-mount kits. Ask Miguel at newera. He has a kit. and he is in touch with KS alot so I think he can answer any questions.

[Iwan]

Dont know mate, but looks not that old to me.

REgards
Iwan

oo er i stand corrected,

just never seen any koyos on KS v-mount setup. how old is the one your looking at Iwan??

cheers

Rmaj

[B9 KLF]

Continuing the investigation into my overheating-then-rebuild (times 2) problems, I have been looking at the v-mount that was installed as a full Knightsport kit.

In practice it had very poor performance and combined with a full undertray it was not possible to sit in traffic without overheating. The rad is Koyo but seems to be a multi purpose one with blanking plates welded at several points.
 
The first pic shows the set up with the nose cone removed. Notice the long route for the return hose, which was tie wrapped to the chassis and was chaffing through.

Keith

[B9 KLF]

The second pic shows the car on the ramp with the rad removed and the long return pipe to the engine.

Keith

[B9 KLF]

The third pic is of the underside of the Koyo rad showing the bottom outlet but also the potential for another outlet blanked off.

Keith

[B9 KLF]

The fourth pic shows the detail from the web pages of Knightsport and from the Rotary Specialist who installed it - what I thought I had contracted to buy and have fitted.

Any comments please especially about the effects of a long return pipe.

Keith