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Old 06-03-2014, 11:28 PM   #586 (permalink)
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radiator cooling

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Originally Posted by basjoos View Post
I don't have any photos as it is nothing special. The air coming off the radiator enters the engine compartment and then, since the underside is paneled and it can't exhaust there, uses the existing openings that are there to allow for suspension movement of the FWD drive shafts to exit into the front wheel wells. A smaller amount of air passes down the paneled central exhaust tunnel to cool the exhaust pipes and cat to empty into the right rear wheel well.
I'd like to try your method through the wheel wells, but it seems to me that simply closing off the underside would reduce radiator cooling and not increase it. Am I missing something in your explanation?
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