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Originally Posted by aspera
Yeah, that's why I said inside the rocker panels. If road debris crunches your rocker panels, you shouldn't be driving it anyway.  |
It was the "inside the fenders" part that gave me the pucker.I've considered the merits of waste heat de-icing,just never thought it out to a point where I thought it was foolproof.------------ I have been stranded.In the winter,the implications of that are really serious.---------------- No doubt,the "impossible" just takes a little longer.--------------------- I like Ford's Probe-IV rear heat-exchanger layout,with coolant running through a finned aluminum extrusion,the full length of the car which itself does some heat rejection and reduces size of radiator.That car had a flat floor so it was easier to pull off.----------------- With radiator in one quarter-panel,and A/C condenser in the other,forced-air fans could push the car to 4-mph!----------------- And with Cd0.15 all these things were adding up to a pretty good fuel-sipper had they produced the car.------------------------------- I think the rear-cooling is a really good idea and hope to one day explore that one.You're on the right path.Just try and avoid some of the stupid pitfalls I've put myself through with my half-baked brainstorms.-------------- Best to you on your mods and keep us apprised of how things shake out.