Some of the same thoughts and reasons I used. I don't know that it's been easier for my application, I've had some trial and error and I've wasted some money trying ideas... but if I were to start again from scratch (heaven forbid) I'd still do it this way on my bus. My ragtop may be a different story though
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I wouldn't worry as much about a crash, anything severe enough to get to the rad... well, hot coolant ain't gonna be on your worry list
. Something that I've noticed that you might want to start planning for... the times when I drove the bus without the divider up that seperates me from the back, those fans are
noisy ! and without some serious breeze coming in, the radiant heat off the rad is con-siderable.
I definately didn't bring any of this up to cast doubt on your development, you've got a much better platform to get air in with a bug body and that's the main problem I've had... scavenging air from around a brick. I'm excited about your progress and can't wait till it's rolling.
Jeff.