Never heard that one, though I suppose it's plausible. But I think there's
an awful lot of work to be done if you're trying to optimize air flow
through the MGB radiator, above and beyond this little issue.
To me, the shroud sounds like a bad idea. The most likely result would be to
kill airflow through both the oil cooler and the shrouded part of the
radiator (as the air takes the path of least resistance around the oil
cooler). That is, if I am envisioning your shroud correctly, as a kind of
tunnel connecting the oil cooler to the equivalent frontal section of
radiator, separating that airflow for the stated reason of reducing
turbulence.
on 6/15/03 12:14 PM, Larry Colen at lrcar@red4est.com wrote:
> I recently heard that the stock location for the oil cooler only
> succeeds in causing turbulence between the cooler and the radiator,
> limiting the effectiveness of both. I heard that if you mount the
> cooler directly in front of the radiator (less than half an inch) then
> the airflow goes right through both of them. I can't help but wonder
> if a shroud between the oil cooler and radiator would have a similar
> effect.
>
> Comments? Experience?
>
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