making my Roc run cooler

[flaatr@yahoo.com (Euroroc II)]

The MKII Scirocco has panels on either side of he radiator for just this 
reason... sounds like some one removed them off your car after they 
probably broke. Aluminum should hold for a while.

-Raffi



At 05:04 PM 7/26/02 -0400, you wrote:
>I have been looking at the temp my car runs under normal conditions, it a 
>little warm for my liking (the needle rides just at the top of the warning 
>light on my gauge) so I got to tinkering around with things under the 
>hood. First removed the grill and drove around a while, car ran cooler, 
>this started me thinking and as I examined what things look like behind 
>the grill. air flow comes in the grill and the under grill and should pass 
>through the Rad, then I noticed the huge gaps on either side of the Rad 
>and thought the air is more likely to flow there
>than the restriction of the Rad. So I went up to work, stole a flow meter, 
>and duct taped it in front of the Rad. and drove around and recorded the 
>readings. I remounted the meter to the pass side of the Rad in the gap and 
>drove around. From my un orthodox testing I figure there is more air going 
>around the rad then through it. So my buddy steve and I cut out some 
>panels (ok, so they were pizza boxes) to force the air into the rad and 
>taped them into the car and went driving. There was a huge improvement in 
>operating temp (the needle rides a whole needles width below the warning 
>light on my gauge). This weekend the experiment will include making 
>aluminum sheets to fill the void and make the upgrade official. Just 
>thought you guys could use this idea for your rocs too, more so for those 
>in the hot south. ;)
>
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