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I will get some "they glow as they blow" type fuses in the future, they are very useful. however I got 10 x 10A mini blade fuses for £1.99 on ebay, 20p a fuse is very reasonable. If they blow, it'll be very easy to fault find in the future. Cold day, no squirt, no warning message on dash? Blown fuse, screenwash is frozen. Very nice feature. When I got the screen wash squirter working again I went on a little cruise in the countryside, blasting the wash every mile or so until it gave a little dribble, the wipers stopped and a message popped up on the dash warning me about the low screenwash level. I've never seen that in a car before, it's a useful bit of information.

This gives a better idea of the cooling conversion. Simply put, the thermostatic valve is placed after the cylinder head and before the radiator. This is typical for a race installation, it is not typical for street use. This is the heart of the conversion, without this there was no point me being there. The standard setup sees the thermostat valve 'after' the radiator and because of this the engine temperature has to be higher to open the valve. Not only that, the thermostatic valve has a sprung plate on the back of it that will open given enough water pressure. So if the engine is revved the plate will allow water thru and this goes back to the pump/head, bypassing the radiator. This is what I mean when I say the standard V6 is biased to run hot. The V8 is built right with the thermostatic housing part of the cylinder head, don't compare the two they are totally different. The back pipes are less restrictive preventing knock. If an exhaust is excessively restrictive burnt gases buildup in the downpipes, the exhaust stroke does not fully evacuate and exhaust gas can re-enter the cylinder. If exhaust gases flow back into the inlet port during valve overlap this can cause pre-detonation, potentially holing a piston. So if a standard V6 is run around a racetrack there is a high chance of engine failure. There is no need to route cool air into the air intake since it isn't turbo'd and the inlet manifold casting is hot when running. Searching for that perfect air intake isn't worthwhile, we are not doing 300mph