[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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