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Originally Posted by GS guy
Now where ya hid'in the radiator??? Don't see it in any of the car pics.
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With the thinness of the front plate of the A-arm suspension there is actually space between the front of the frame and the back of the spare tire well, part of the reason I wanted to switch to a different front end setup. If you look back through the pics you'll see where the rad sits. I cut the outer edges out of the body so the rad extends beyond the body slightly, although the plan was to have it all contained, I wasnt' that great with measuring. Air will be forced through it like in the new Corvettes, small opening ducting through a large radiator. Much of the air going under the car will be forced through the radiator by a plastic lower lip that runs the width of the front of the car, and about half of that width will be ducting into the radiator. Think of an air funnel that's not so obvious! I just hope it works....I'm going to leave it as a flat plane for now, and if I need more cooling at speed, I'm going to cut it in 2 places so the plane area in front of the rad area is hinged. I'll then get some small cables attached to the leading edge of that plane, kinda looking like those braces on the front lip of the COT NASCRAP cars. These cables will go through holes drilled into the spare tire well floor. From the floor up these cables will go through springs and finally have stops on them. At city speeds, the springs will keep the cables pulled up, out of the reaches of speed bumps, driveways, and rough roads. As the speeds increase, usually the road smooths out so clearance is less of an issue(in a perfect world), and the hinging plane will drop from air pressure to the stops, creating a larger funnel area, and it will trap and gather more air as it's needed. Think of a poor mans/passive version of those active intakes on the top back sides of the Veyron and Murcielago. If these are even needed, I won't know without testing, but I could also lock them out in the winter when temps are cooler and roads are poorer and then take out the locks for summer use. These are the ramblings of a crazy man, but at least they are well thought out...
Jason