All jokes aside, is this viable?

[flamingobabe]

Finding it difficult to understand why we should have to come up with designs or remedies to problems that shoud be resolved and payed for by the manufacture(BRP). After paying the amount of $$$ for the purchase of a new Spyder, and then having to pay more because there is a defect is "STUPIT". You would never think of having to do something like that with a brand new car, or other product. The only items a consumer should have to pay for are accessories, enhanced performance and the normal routing service :banghead:

I agree 100%.....we are not redesigning the ST....that is a job for BRP

 

[Bob Denman]

I guess that you could just look upon the exercise as a way to get your bike back on the road and more enjoyable... :thumbup:

 

[Dan McNally]

I am waiting for the arrival of the Attwood 3000 fan. It pumps 90 CFM through a 3" duct and I plan to position it wherever I an find room, with a duct running down under the Spyder. Ideally, it will create a vacuum under the tupperware, and suck fresh air from all the places heat is now coming out, under the seat, as well as any other small openings, and vent it out the bottom. I plan to install a switch so I can turn it on when stopped or stuck in stop and go traffic, and turn it off while moving. Hopefully, this should make the ryde more comfortable . . . although, yesterday, on a chilly day, that warm seat actually felt good!

 

[NancysToy]

I am waiting for the arrival of the Attwood 3000 fan. It pumps 90 CFM through a 3" duct and I plan to position it wherever I an find room, with a duct running down under the Spyder. Ideally, it will create a vacuum under the tupperware, and suck fresh air from all the places heat is now coming out, under the seat, as well as any other small openings, and vent it out the bottom. I plan to install a switch so I can turn it on when stopped or stuck in stop and go traffic, and turn it off while moving. Hopefully, this should make the ryde more comfortable . . . although, yesterday, on a chilly day, that warm seat actually felt good!

Just remember that heat travels upward. It takes a lot of air to move it in the opposite direction. nojoke

 

[Dan McNally]

Just remember that heat travels upward. It takes a lot of air to move it in the opposite direction. nojoke

90 CFM is a fair amount of air . . . and ducting it up would be problematic . . . as that is where I'd be sitting!

 

[NancysToy]

90 CFM is a fair amount of air . . . and ducting it up would be problematic . . . as that is where I'd be sitting!

My thought is that the best path would be to take strong measures to block the flow from around the seat and glove box, the push the air upwards to exhaust through the vents in the upper body panel. Those vents are not very effective because the deflectors block the air from moving over them, so there is no venturi effect and they depend solely on convection. Active air movement from a fan or fans would help them perform as intended. JMHO

Very interested in how this works out for you. I proposed the use of bilge fans for this purpose several years ago.

 

[Bob Denman]

Is there any way to duct it rearward, and have the movement of air from the rear tire kind of help suck it out of there? :dontknow:

 

[Dan McNally]

Once I get the fan and materials, I'll start experimenting . . . I am enthusiastic that this is solvable . . . If this solution works, (and it appears it is working for the poster who is using the fog light openings to bring in air) the next step would be a better fan, designed for constant use, with a temperature controlled switch.

 

[Dan_Ashley]

RT and Happy. I have very minimal heat issues on my 2010 RT. I expect some heat because it has to go somewhere, just as my motorcycles do. They produce heat and you feel it when not moving down the highway. From all the complaints it must be an issue with the RS and ST's. I just wonder that at slow speed such as 10 mph or below, could the cooling fan on the radiator be reversed and blow back through the front to at least take the hot air away from the feet? At speed the fan doesn't run anyway. Might be worth a try.

My thoughts too.

 

[Bob Denman]

Once I get the fan and materials, I'll start experimenting . . . I am enthusiastic that this is solvable . . . If this solution works, (and it appears it is working for the poster who is using the fog light openings to bring in air) the next step would be a better fan, designed for constant use, with a temperature controlled switch.

Good Luck; please let us know what you end up building! :thumbup:

 

[Benggolf]

All great ideas to push out the excessive heat under the tuperware, but perhaps the biggest
improvement is still in the hands of BRP....which is tweaking engine management to reduce the excessive heat being generated by the
engine.

My gut feeling is the engine is tuned too lean and enriching the fuel to air mixture should bring down operating temperatures.

 

[SNOOPY]

Just hope that richening it up doesn't kill much of the power.

 

[NancysToy]

All great ideas to push out the excessive heat under the tuperware, but perhaps the biggest
improvement is still in the hands of BRP....which is tweaking engine management to reduce the excessive heat being generated by the
engine.

My gut feeling is the engine is tuned too lean and enriching the fuel to air mixture should bring down operating temperatures.

It may be possible to slightly reduce the heat that way, but there is no way to reduce the heat produced by the exhaust pipes very much. They are routed through a tight space, far from an air stream, and there is little circulation under the body to dissipate the heat. If that heat is not dealt with a difference in engine temps of a few degrees will make no difference. There has to be a better answer.

Also remember that the EPA has tied BRP's hands as far as engine management goes. They can only wiggle so much before they run afoul of the emissions laws.

 

[JKMSPYDER]

Dissipate Heat

I recently installed a 4" diameter radiator fan under my Spyder on the right side. Installed a rocker switch on dash to turn on and off. I have never had an excessive heat problem, but in slow traffic or stopped in the summer I would get very hot. Haven't been able to test in high heat yet, but I do turn it on at stop lights, at low speed, and for 5 minutes or so after I shut down. It really seems to be helping.