DeTomaso Mailing List: May 1997, Message #18
     



From: TTullio282@aol.com

Subject: Re: blowing fuses & other neat electrical gremlins

Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 12:05:48 -0400 (EDT)



Just a couple of words regarding radiator law-down.  Don't do it unless you

have hood vents in your car.  You create a situation where the fans (suckers)

are basically pointed at the hood/trunk lip interface and create LOTS of back

pressure on the system because the air can't go anywhere.  I have this system

in my car now (a Wilkinson lay down kit) it was tooooo expensive, didn't fit

well, and doesn't cool as well as it would if the radiator was in the stock

position.  If you have hood vents, maybe this kit would work better, but I

think the only way it could work right is cut huge holes or a panel out of

the front of the trunk and then leave the hood up a little.  This was the

factory fix for cooling problems incountered on the factory Groupe 4 car

featured in POCA's/MIke Drews last Quartely (nice job Mike).   I do agree

with the two fan setups enclosed in its own shroud.   I've seen Denver's

set-up before and it's real nice.  The plastic setup Mike Drew mentioned

should work the same for less money.



If you really want stir the "cooling pot" someone ask Sass about his switched

tanks/caps set-up which compresses air instead of water.  I did this several

years ago and never had another cooling problem.