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Originally Posted by Nigel_S
Yes, fun 
I wasn't expecting an answer specific to my car or even a general one for the model, just wondering if anyone had looked into the alternatives and what is worth trying. Looks like everyone takes the cooling air in through the grill though and have never tried anything else! |
For the traditional radiator placement,the lowest entropy approach is to utilize the ram pressure and thereby maximize the pressure differential available.Cooling systems which contribute no more than 2% to overall drag can be realized in this manner.
Harvesting air from any other location implicates the addition of artificial pressure and starts to violate the second law of thermodynamics, as far as efficiency goes.
It's the tyranny of singularity in action.
If your fan ever fails,you've conceivably just trashed a $3,000 long block.
It's the primary driver for 'traditional' systems.