Cooling System Mods

[Cp1]

Originally Posted by Herblenny

Very Interesting Barry! I would love to see the results of this mod. Maybe we could get one of the CNC guys to program this in and mass cut the housing... I also like the idea of parallel groves vs. the perpendicular grooves I've seen before.

Haha i would love to do this! i have already written a few programs for milling out rotors and some other things but if anyone wants to donate a set of useable housings i would be willing to program and machine them.

I dont like the parallel grooves. by observation, coolant flow is horizontal and those grooves seem like a great place to trap air. which would be counter productive to cooling. i would much rather see the parallel grooving.

[Barry Bordes]

Originally Posted by Cp1

Haha i would love to do this! i have already written a few programs for milling out rotors and some other things but if anyone wants to donate a set of useable housings i would be willing to program and machine them.

Cp1, how would you propose to fuse the new fins in? Could a piece of aluminum square tubing be used? (harder to machine two grooves but a lot more surface area!)
Barry

[Cp1]

Originally Posted by Barry Bordes

Cp1, how would you propose to fuse the new fins in? Could a piece of aluminum square tubing be used? (harder to machine two grooves but a lot more surface area!)
Barry

Sorry for the delay forgot which section this discussion was in and couldnt find it. but to answer your question i would just mill straight down the width of the housing, so longitudinally front to back if you would were looking at the motor built and in your car. i wouldnt add metal to the housing just take some away in logical places. ive been busy working on this for a little while so i should have something to show soon.

This weekend im going to the wrecker and ill see if i can grab some garbaged ones to use as an example.