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SV: AC ramoval WAS:hot days in the valley/starting problems



Those home made wind directors was original mounted on our beloved Sciroccos, made in hard paper years seems to wear them away.


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Från: Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>
Till: <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>
Kopia: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Skickat: den 29 juni 1999 21:58
Ämne: Re: AC ramoval WAS:hot days in the valley/starting problems


> 
> On 29 Jun 99 12:32:16 +0100 Jonas Karlsson <jkarlsso@metabolex.com>
> writes:
> 
> >while typing that I just thought of something. When removing the AC 
> >condenser, were there big spaces on either side of the radiator for air 
> >to flow by? That could be causing problems, in that a bunch of air is 
> >going around the radiator instead of through it. I think Meze made a 
> >"baffle" to stop the air flowing around his radiator. I believe he said 
> >that temps dropped afterward. dunno, ask him.
> 
> 
> Yup, made one out of tin and some Ford Ranger weather stripping. Custom
> cut it to fill in the grande opening that was left by the removal of my
> AC condenser. With my previous FF trannies, highway speeds were at a much
> lower RPM which in turn, tends to run cooler. (H2O and OIL temps.) Now
> that ive installed a rev happy 4K, my H2O and OIL temps run much higher.
> Typical H20 temp was 210F and oil was a constant 220F. The oil temp
> didn't bother me as much as the higher than normal (to me) H2O temps. So,
> looking at what was different, other than the higher rate of RPM's I
> looked at the cooling system. 
> 
> The oil cooler sits right in front of the radiator. The removal of the
> A/C condenser left a rather large opening to the passenger side of the
> radiator. Since air tends to flow much like water, it will flow to the
> point of least resistance meaning, it will simply go around the radiator
> rather than go thru it.
> 
> Using cardboard to make my template, I cut out a piece of tin (for its
> strength and durability and because it was what I had at the time. heh!)
> and cut it to fill in the gap. snip-snip-snip, trim-trim-trim and the
> addition of the weather stripping and it was finished. It got quite and
> odd shape but it works. Installed you cant even see it however it is
> quite functional. Freeway speeds show temps much lower than before.
> Around town driving is better as well. Best of all for me it was free,
> just some time spent making the thing.
> 
> 
>               Shawn Meze
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