Tim,
Appreciate your clarification and I did understand where you were going with
the idea. Unfortunately in my reply to you I neglected to differentiate
more clearly between my example of an air dam and the vertical bib.
Like you guys state, it will help with overheating at speed but not standing
still in traffic.
BTW, I would expect you will encounter cooling problems as you make
performance modifications to your baby. But I am sure that little item will
not hold you back :). Go for it and start scouring the recycling yards for
those marvelous "Tim & Theo" six-bladed fans!!
Regards,
Allan
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Ronak [mailto:timinvan@fox.nstn.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 4:07 PM
To: Allan Connell
Cc: Tiger News Group Address
Subject: Re: Redline Water Wetter
Allan,
I just want to clarify that i am not talking about a spoiler at all as that
will not do too much to create negative presure behind the rad in fact it
may actually do no good if the air is stacked up behind the rad and engine
bay. The idea that we used is a vertical bib that is located directly
beneath the radiator pointing straight at the ground. Look at any late model
GM car and you will see what i mean. The bib acts more like a scraper than a
spoiler or scoop as it drags along just above the ground at speed it creates
a psudo vacuum just behind it which helps pull air through the rad and out
of the engine bay. The amount of effect is determined by the surface area of
the bib. On our camero it is the full width of the engine bay and hangs down
from the radiator support about 7" with only about 4" visible below the
lowest point of the cars body. With all of the talk about overheating I
thought that it may be that some guys were getting to hot at speed in which
case this would help. But as James Barret points out, it only helps if you
are moving and if the problem is stop and go then not much you can do
besides a more efficient, or larger capacity rad and electric fans. At this
point I have absolutely no problem with cooling but that may change as the
HP numbers and displacement start to increase.
Regards,
Tim Ronak
B382000680
----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Connell <alcon@earthlink.net>
To: Tim Ronak <timinvan@fox.nstn.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 11:16 AM
Subject: RE: Redline Water Wetter
> Good Idea Tim! Many of us had thought about that, but not necessarily
your
> approach. Many of us were thinking about manufacturing an air dam or
front
> spoiler, similar to those on a TR6. Just have not had the time or the
donor
> spoiler to check into it. But in my humble opinion, THAT negative air
> pressure is just what our beasts need. Too much hot air gets trapped in
the
> engine compartment.....evidence is your hot feet on the floorboards!!
>
> If you take this one on, please let us know your results.
>
> Regards,
>
> Allan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Tim Ronak
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:46 AM
> To: c1967@email.com
> Cc: Tiger News Group Address
> Subject: Redline Water Wetter
>
> Scott Wrote:
> Hello Listers:
> While driving in the heat today my Tiger hit 210 degrees, the electric fan
> came on and I got out of traffic and moved to cool the engine down. Going
> back over the Vincent Tomas bridge cooled the car, but wasn't where I
wanted
> to be. I remember the Vette crowd talking about something called "Redline
> Water Wetter" to cool C4 Vettes down. Added to the radiator, it is
supposed
> to transfer heat better and drop temperatures 15-20 degrees over regular
> coolant. Anybody used this stuff before? Does it work? Is it ok to use?
> Scott
> MKI
>
> Scott and listers,
> We used Redline watter wetter in our GT-1 car and it worked very well for
us
> mostly in preventing boil over by raising the boiling point but we also
saw
> a 5 degree reduction in engine temp. While i don't currently have a
problem
> with cooling if i do i will first try Water Wetter to try to get it solved
> then i will move to more substantial corrections. In trying to solve our
> cooling problem I found out a lot about cooling systems and air ducting
and
> how to get the car to run cool. Has anyone out there tried a bib under the
> center of the rad to "pull" air through the rad? This is what they do on
ALL
> new cars, this is that flexy plastic thingy under your car that rubs on
all
> of the parking curbs when you pull too close. We did this on the GT-1 car
> and reduced engine temp by 25 degrees (220 to 195). It works by creating
> negative pressure behind the rad at moderate to high speed thereby sucking
> air through and down under the engine. It prevents air from stacking under
> the hood. Those that have had there hood pop open on the highway will know
> what i mean. I am going to try it on mine if i can do it with out cutting
> anything.
> Regards,
> Tim ronak
> B382000680
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