What is state of the art in Radiator venting?, Show me you vent holes, water pumpers Options

[aircooledboy]

Hey guys,

As I mentioned in my resto thread, the PO of my V8 car made the vent cutouts in the wheel wells WAY to big, resulting in dangerous cracking. My body guy has just filled the holes back in, so we can start from scratch.


Several of you had mentioned the the current wisdom on these holes is that they can be much smaller and still get the job done. I did a search, but the huge number of possible search terms makes finding much of anything tricky. Soo. . . . if any of you could post some pics of what you have had success with, I would be grateful. I'll update my other thread, but he is nearing completion, and I am so excited, I can't stand it. I want to get the cutouts right, and get some paint on this beotch. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)

Of course the (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) part presumes that the freakin' snow will ever be gone, which seems iffy at this point. This is the view of my driveway this minute, and we are due to get a couple more inches tonight.



That's my 11 year old snowboarding on the 12 foot high snow banks in my drive

[Mike Bellis]

On my first conversion I had the air exit through the bottom. I had a Ford van radiator modified by a shop to lay flat with a long filler neck added to the front of the top tank. This neck was vertical when the rad was flat. The radiator installed low with a fan under it. I fabricated a shelf above that acted like a shroud to send air from the bumper through the rad. The shelf acted like a trunk floor, So I had a shallow front trunk.

It worked great except on dirt roads when the fan came on. A dust cloud would spiral out from under the car right into the cabin when the windows were down. If the top was off, I would be covered in dirt.

If I were to do it again, I would design a shroud under the car to direct the air to the sides, not straight down.

There is also the added air under the car which is never good.

My next one will be fabricated with Boxster radiators under the headlight buckets and into the inner fender. One of the goals of my next conversion is to have a front trunk...