Pierburg Pump, Brakes, etc., etc.

[Alex Kowalski]

It's worth trying out, especially as the summer comes soon.  For the time
being I'll abstain from redirecting the flow from the entire radiator fan
and instead think a little smaller and just try to reduce the MC
temperatures by a few degrees.  I think I could fabricate an effective heat
shield and duct pretty cheaply and quickly that would keep the worst of the
heat away from the MC and maybe also the ABS control unit, without
sacrificing any cooling efficiency through the radiator.

Add another thing to the list of items on the "project" car.  :)

Most of all, I hope this thread has given some advance warning to Listers.
If you experience your brakes coming on, especially as the weather warms up,
this thread should help you out.

Cheers,
Alex


On 5/10/06, L DC <ldc007usa at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I often thought about the creation of some kind of
> shroud to hook up around and behind the fan in the
> shape of a funnel that would bend donwards to direct
> the hot air under the car; somewhat along the lines of
> the fuel injector cooler fan design :)
>
> Although, I don't know how such heat channeling shroud
> would affect air flow through the radiator given it
> would encounter some resistance, no matter how
> aerodynamic said shroud is.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> -Best Regards,
>
> -Louis
>
> Alex wrote:
>
> > I think a little creative use of heat-shielding
> > might help both problems on both cars.  I was
> > really, really surprised at how hot the MC was
> > getting on my car as a result of the radiator
> > cooling fan.  A few good heat soaks like that and
> > any internal problem with the MC is going to be
> > magnified.
>
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