[DeTomaso] Radiators
Mad Dog Antenucci
teampantera at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 16 16:27:10 EDT 2008
Got Lucky?
Yea, thats it....well designed luck ;-]>
JDeRyke at aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 6/16/08 1:04:14 PM, kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:
> The overall width at the top is 30 1/4 inches. The bottom sides are
> tapered. It's a very tight fit.
>
Interesting design- maybe MD just got lucky with his application. I notice
there's no built in oil cooler in this one and they use an AN fitting on top
with a std hose spigot on the bottom where you'd think the higher water pressures
would be. NASCAR's Bill Elliot was overheating at Talledega practice years
ago, so brother Ernie added a thicker core radiator with more tubes.... and the
overheating got worse! They finally fixed it by going to a THINNER radiator
with LESS tubes so more air could get thru the core at high speeds. Wind tunnel
tests later showed that air was stacking up in front of the car and deflecting
around the grille with thicker radiators. None of this aero-stuff is
straightfoward! FWIW- J Deryke
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