Re: engine compartment heat

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From: hydee@underground.prestel.co.uk To: palmk@mailer.gadcomm.net
Subject: Re: engine compartment heat 
Date: Monday, February 03, 1997 8:42 PM

>  Due you mean credentials or qualifications. Credentials are pretty

> important. Qualifications less so. Wouldn't you give more credence
to 
> a lifetime Jag R&d man than a back street Fix-em-All' mechanic with

> no apprenticeship?

Hey!!!  I resemble that remark!!  Actually I'd give more credence to
the guy who actually works on the actual cars. And of course
possesses a great amount of savvy.  We were talking about real world
applications... right?

BTW  if you _ever_ walk into a shop and hear any one of the
technicians say "I'll get'er outta there boss but I won't guarantee I
can get'er back in there" ....   RUN!!!

> Anyway books aren't credentials or qualifications they are just
bits 
> of paper with the correct facts written on them.

We hope.

> But wouldn't it actually be best to have scoops to force air into
the 
> top of the engine compartment and vents to let it out again at the 
> back? Or even remove the bonnet altogether? It's a nice enough
looking 
> engine.

why not just add a scoop with the inlet towards the windshield
directly in front of the windshield where there is a small reversion
in air flow?  Or better yet why not rig some type of forced air (i.e.
fan ducted)  assembly to route air into the engine compartment at
high velocity and volume, and just let it escape where it will?  the
underside of the car has lots of roomy space to vent some serious
airflow.

For even more underhood temp reduction you could rig a radiator at
the rear of the car using the boot as a compartment for a second
radiator. This radiator would be used to remove the heat from the
water cooled exhaust manifolds retrofitted from a marine application.
 A bypass valve that allows water to mingle from the two cooling
systems could even assist in faster cold weather warmups.

The possibilities are limitless.

Tim

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