austin man
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 10:09 PM |
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new side panels
Just finished making the new side panels out of alluminium there will be an inch gap at the rear to aid cooling. Tried and tested method on an 2 litre
Zetec Indy we built reduced the engine temp by nearly 10 degrees on the track. The open end will have mesh fitted. MK now adopting ths method on their
track car and Steve's S2000
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RK
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 10:24 PM |
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ahem, hate to mention this: PICS!!!
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iank
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 10:26 PM |
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Photo archive button is your friend 
 
side panel cut and folded
[Edited on 7/2/10 by iank]
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austin man
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 10:32 PM |
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I knew there was something I had to do, cheers for the upload
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dlatch
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 11:04 PM |
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i really like this idea for cooling under bonnet temps
do you think this would be enough not to need vents in the actual bonnet?
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austin man
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 11:19 PM |
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[Edited on 7/2/10 by austin man]
Our thoughts on this were that the airflowing into the engine bay would hit the bulkhead and exit beneath the car creating two problems 1 being an
upward force as the airflow hit the bonnet and 2 the air would then try to exit underneath the car.
By modyfying the side panels we hoped that we would alleviate some of these problems along with increasing the cooling capactity. We definitely know
that cooling has improved not sure about the aerodynamics
[Edited on 7/2/10 by austin man]
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Fozzie
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| posted on 7/2/10 at 11:34 PM |
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Dax have been doing this for quite a while now....
saw a few at Brands like it last November....
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
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Tartanpimpernel
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| posted on 8/2/10 at 01:15 PM |
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just made some up myself, followed some tips from Liam on here and used some quadrant beading to get a nice chamfered edge when bending the ally
sheet.
worked like a charm 
blue protective film came off before it went on the car.....
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DRC INDY 7
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| posted on 8/2/10 at 09:04 PM |
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Looks good are you running toyo 888 on the car or are they pauls ?
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