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Old 10-21-2009, 01:37 PM   #36 (permalink)
wagonman76
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
And here I was thinking about trying to get a larger radiator in the Insight. Yes, it's got more thermal mass, and that's bad, but if you had a larger radiator, would that allow a smaller grille opening?

I suppose what I want is a carefully designed radiator, don't care what size, where a small amount of air entering the engine room provides as much cooling as possible. Maybe a compact, three row radiator behind a small grille opening would work.

The Insight has the exhaust manifold integrated into the head for better exhaust heat retention and faster warmup. The downside of that, I'd imagine, is the need for more airflow across the radiator once the car is warm.
That was my thoughts too. I have a HD cooling system in my cars and blocking the grille is negligible to engine temp. I have to wonder if the light duty system would require me to remove the grille block sometimes.
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