Spitfire taxi troubles for beginner

[coolts]

Originally Posted by Bokononist

Glad you've sorted your taxiing issues, on the subject of your Sig I noticed that you state that your Fenrir is blocking your RAM slots. A friend of mine who had the same issue solved it by moving his fan to the other side of the cooler in a 'pull' configuration. His temps are fine, excellent in fact. He's running a last gen i5 at stock clocks. Hope this helps.

Cheers for the advice. I tried that but as ive overclocked this CPU to the max, the temps were just too high for comfort. I dont think i will go above 6gb till i go Ivy Bridge next spring to be honest.

[Phazon]

Hi Coolts,

In regards to that grinding noise you are talking about, its more than likely the sound of your engine running rough because it has not had enough time to warm up properly.

To warm it up shut the radiators to allow the engine to heat itself up a little. Give it a little throttle as it gets warmer to speed up the process, although pull back if you hear it running rough. You should be right to take off once the radiator is showing 100 degrees, don't forget to open the radiator when you power up to take-off speed.

[CardboardSword]

I find after your oil temp is just above 40 the engine runs fine. The cooler the, well, coolant is the better, but it's cold oil that makes the engine complain.