My cooling isnt' quite right now, ever since I put the ally rad in.
It was OKish in the summer when the ambient temps were higher - running around 160-170, rising to maybe 180-185 in traffic.
Now in the winter, the car is bearly making it up to 150, and pushes to maybe 170 in bad traffic.
To combat this, I've stuffed a piece of cardboard in front of the rad with a hole cut in it. One a run, it seems better, allowing temps up to about 170, but in the slower stuff it has gone up to 195.
I figure I could cut the hole bigger to lower the max temp, but this would also lower the average, so may not be the best option. I think I need to work out how to get more air thorugh at idle/slow speeds. There are some largish gaps around the cowl that I plan to enclose better to try and pull more air through the rad, but wondered if there are any other (cheap) options? I'm running the stock clutch fan which appears to be in good order, and the stock cowl, that fits the fan well, but as stated above not ideally on the rad.
