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07-16-2016 05:11 PM |
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Originally Posted by nzer
(Post 2706235)
One option many of us have found helps remove heat from the engine bay is to remove the rubber at the base of the windscreen.
It is designed to be able to come off and then reattach really easily and creates a nice gap for airflow without making the bonnet bounce or shake any more than it usually does. It works well and costs nothing. I remove it at the start of a track day and put it back on for the drive home afterwards - takes 20s.
Here's a pic where I've removed part of it so you can see what I mean
http://iforce.co.nz/i/5bf4ucev.5qm.jpg
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Not sure if you are actually data logging, but removing that rubber makes the problem worse, it may cool down faster when you are going slow/in the pits but on track you will effectively make your cooling system worse!
Essentially this is the same as a few washers under hood hinges addressed previously....
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Originally Posted by DocWalt
(Post 2701060)
Sure, if you want to make the heat problem worse. There's a big high pressure bubble at the base of the windshield and as soon as you give that air somewhere to go like the engine bay you increase the pressure. That increase in pressure evens out the pressure differential across the radiator and there goes your cooling air flow.
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