Ray
I owned a modified 100 for a number of years that had the front wheel
wells perforated with various sized holes. They were mainly in the
vertical portion of the panel adjacent to the shroud support. It didn't
really impact the water, stone, etc control. With the engine running,
in my case a 355 Chevy, you could feel the hot air escaping through the
holes. Must say that those holes were not where the biggest hot air
volume left the bay, at idle. At speed I have no idea how well the
holes worked. I was smiling to much to care. Holes or not, cooling of
any sized engine has much to do with air flow. I had a fully shrouded
radiator front and back. With a four or six in the engine bay there is
a lot of room for the post radiator air to leavethe engine bay around
the engine.
Aloha
Perry
-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Carbone <racarbon@verizon.net>
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, Mar 30, 2010 11:49 am
Subject: [Healeys] Wheel Well Vents
Hi All,
Recently, I have been experimenting with a number of reversible
alterations to
improve engine cooling when under way. Recently, I have found a number
of
articles that indicated that vents created in the inner wheel well would
greatly improve airflow through the engine compartment by taking
advantage on
the low pressure created by the moving wheel.
Although the articles were addressing non-Healey models and these
vents, when
installed on a Healey, would seem be better located at the top of the
well
rather than further aft as described in the article. Has anyone tried
this
alternative to hood louvers or fender vents? If so, what was the
effect?
Thanks and all the best,
Ray
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