Magdave
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I, like many, am not impressed with the right side heat issue and do not see a totally viable solution but I am thinking our loud here and have a few questions. The 2013 RT has a closed swoop and I am wondering just what temp the radiator is when it is at 5 bars on the led? I know about the various block off plates but the '13 is a little different. I do not like the idea of cutting open holes in the swoop to use with any of them for several reasons one being what effect they will have on the closed coverings and the need to cut holes in them too. I am thinking it must be lower than the temp inside the Tupperware. Will it help keep the engine cooler if the holes are drilled..say with a 2 or 3in. hole saw and where will the added air pressure exit? Yes it gets hot around the gas tank and cap but I am thinking the gaps in that area will be the egress point. I do not like the idea of drilling holes in the lower plate in front of the engine it creates an ingress for water and dirt that I am not comfortable with. If I do drill holes I want them to be in a place (rear the farther the better) for egress of the added pressure which should also allow what I think is lower temp air to cool the engine pass by. I have seen some shade tree mechanics make Swiss cheese out of the plates, not for me. I want to do something that will allow the pressure to escape and not allow water or dirt ingress.
The cheap and easy method may be drill holes and rout radiator hose elbows from the swoop to the bottom plate but that eliminates the possible additional engine cooling effect but prevents the water and dirt issue. The idea I like best is drill the holes open and ad a louver like a home heating vent at the rear to add some suction via venturi effect that will allow the air from the radiator to pass through the engine area and cool it too. I am sure the engine is hotter that the radiator correct? A rearward directed HVAC vent with at least a screen should help alleviate my concerns. I would like some advice on if this is a better way to go about this. How big of holes would allow both right side holes to be covered I do not know the CFM of the fan and what size holes would handle it? Are the existing exits too big and there to match the left side? I hate to try it and over heat because once the cutting is done it cannot be undone. Your Thoughs?
The cheap and easy method may be drill holes and rout radiator hose elbows from the swoop to the bottom plate but that eliminates the possible additional engine cooling effect but prevents the water and dirt issue. The idea I like best is drill the holes open and ad a louver like a home heating vent at the rear to add some suction via venturi effect that will allow the air from the radiator to pass through the engine area and cool it too. I am sure the engine is hotter that the radiator correct? A rearward directed HVAC vent with at least a screen should help alleviate my concerns. I would like some advice on if this is a better way to go about this. How big of holes would allow both right side holes to be covered I do not know the CFM of the fan and what size holes would handle it? Are the existing exits too big and there to match the left side? I hate to try it and over heat because once the cutting is done it cannot be undone. Your Thoughs?
