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Originally Posted by freebeard
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One would think that the aerodynamic benefits of not having radiators would be mentioned in at least one of the articles.
https://www.highpowermedia.com/blog/...cooling-system
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In fact, early researchers reported that the aerodynamic drag of those early heat exchanger installations could be as much as 8-10% of the net power produced by the engine.
These days of course we are a lot more enlightened, and the realisation that the position of the radiator and how it is installed – and not just its overall size and thickness – can make a great difference to a vehicle’s overall performance. That means carefully ducting just enough cooling air into and through the radiator core with the minimum of aerodynamic losses, something that few vehicle modifiers or special builders fully understand or manage.
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