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Old 01-13-2017, 12:01 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Lean the radiator or go costom.

Look into a dual pass radiator. Referenced in this article. Aero-tuning the Championship-Winning NASCAR Dodge Trucks
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Julian Randles at J&P Motorsports came up with a good idea, which was a two-pass radiator — it had two cores, one behind the other, but all in one radiator unit. You pass the water in the back part of the radiator, and then you fed that through the front part.

You took as much heat energy out of the cooling water as you could, using the minimum amount of air, so you could run a smaller radiator, which meant you were letting a lot less air into the engine bay. This meant you were not giving as much lift to the engine bay and had less frontal lift in the car.
They reference a shop in the US But any reputable Australian shop should be able to do the work .
For you its more about being able to pack as much cooling into the least space(less air doing the same job=less drag) = the most body mod with out compromised cooling. The custom aero hood has more freedom to take the best shape possible to get more productive results ,less cd.
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The US Army HMMWV has a tilted 45° radiator with conventional core.
Air passes through the radiator because of pressure differential, not ram force. Ram can be counter productive. Diverging/Converging Radiator Ducting - Why?
The sudden change of direction increasing pressure in front and decreases pressure behind resulting in a larger pressure differential.
A neet aerodynamic trick would be to duct the energized air into a low pressure zone behind the wheels, brake of the hood.

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...e-29689-2.html
A link from that thread I found interesting from FSAE.COM.
Diverging/Converging Radiator Ducting - Why?
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Best mpg : 31.32mpg 100mi 3.193 USG 5/2/20


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'79 Chevy K20 4X4 350ci 400hp msd custom th400 /np205. 7.5-new 14mpg modded befor modding was a thing
87' Hyundai Excel
83 ranger w/87 2.9 L FI2wd auto 18mpg on the floor
04 Mitsubishi Gallant 2.4L auto 26mpg
06 Subaru Forrester XT(WRX PACKAGE) MT AWD Turbocharged 18 plying dirty best of 26mpg@70mph
95Chevy Blazer 4x4 auto 14-18mpg
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