RXtacy's slooow build up

[GySgtFrank]

Woohoo! progress. I've been told that when you mount an oil cooler or condenser it should be placed up against the radiator. Mounting it away from the radiator creates turbulence behind the cooler and decreases the efficiency of the radiator. I don't know if that would be applicable for a V-Mount as I can't tell which side the air is supposed to flow through the condenser.

Your mounts make me very jealous.

[RXtacy]

Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

Woohoo! progress. I've been told that when you mount an oil cooler or condenser it should be placed up against the radiator. Mounting it away from the radiator creates turbulence behind the cooler and decreases the efficiency of the radiator. I don't know if that would be applicable for a V-Mount as I can't tell which side the air is supposed to flow through the condenser.

Your mounts make me very jealous.

In a standard vertical configuration with the air entering perpendicular to the heat exchanger I would 100% agree with you. In this configuration I'm using the condenser basically as a splitter. I don't really care if I lose some efficiency of the condenser. I wanted to maximize the cooling by moving that heat source as far as possible from the radiator. I haven't had functional AC in the FD since I've owned it so anything will be an improvement in that regard

Thankfully the FD has a great setup for oil coolers so that won't be an issue

Fabricating those mounts was easy. As I'm sure you know it's the planning and forethought that takes FOREVER! That being said I'm definitely really happy with how they turned out. It was one of those times where the plan actually came together with reality. They would be even sexier if someone hadn't forgot to bring the dimple die kit

[GySgtFrank]

Originally Posted by RXtacy

They would be even sexier if someone hadn't forgot to bring the dimple die kit

That's why they're called damnyankees.

[RXtacy]

Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

That's why they're called damnyankees.

You know KS was a Union state right?

[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by GySgtFrank

That's why they're called damnyankees.

There was a list, dimple dies were not on it.... Yes we did chat about it but I'm getting old, and was in a hurry.... I know you understand the old part and forgetting thing, and we know you don't understand the hurry thing.... 4 months ago was the perfect example.... Didn't hurt up with the car, forgot to go

[GySgtFrank]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

There was a list, dimple dies were not on it.... Yes we did chat about it but I'm getting old, and was in a hurry.... I know you understand the old part and forgetting thing, and we know you don't understand the hurry thing.... 4 months ago was the perfect example.... Didn't hurt up with the car, forgot to go

Good Luck by Kevin Frank, on Flickr

[speedjunkie]

^lol

Originally Posted by RXtacy

Yea I hear ya. Getting swamp ass every time you go for a cruise gets old.

Yea it would be pretty hard to reach a conclusion given the differences in our builds and altitude. If my water and air temps are good and I get air coming out of the vents even marginally below ambient I'll be happy

It sure does.

I have the Ganador mirrors and I've been meaning to run ducting through the little opening and through the window and down my shirt or wherever haha. Either that or making a scoop to sit on the edge of the moonroof to pull air from there and into the car. These cars don't get shit for airflow, even with the windows and moonroof/sunroof open.

[speedjunkie]

Originally Posted by RXtacy

In a standard vertical configuration with the air entering perpendicular to the heat exchanger I would 100% agree with you. In this configuration I'm using the condenser basically as a splitter. I don't really care if I lose some efficiency of the condenser. I wanted to maximize the cooling by moving that heat source as far as possible from the radiator. I haven't had functional AC in the FD since I've owned it so anything will be an improvement in that regard

I'm reinstalling AC too after not having it for years lol. Black car, black interior, no AC. Not a good idea. I bought a universal condenser and mounted it about 1.5" above the radiator. Not quite as far apart as yours. I'd say I'll do some testing so we can compare and see which works better, but other differences in our builds might taint the results and, I'll be honest, I never really follow through with stuff like that anyway lol.

[RXtacy]

Originally Posted by speedjunkie

I'm reinstalling AC too after not having it for years lol. Black car, black interior, no AC. Not a good idea. I bought a universal condenser and mounted it about 1.5" above the radiator. Not quite as far apart as yours. I'd say I'll do some testing so we can compare and see which works better, but other differences in our builds might taint the results and, I'll be honest, I never really follow through with stuff like that anyway lol.

Yea I hear ya. Getting swamp ass every time you go for a cruise gets old.

Yea it would be pretty hard to reach a conclusion given the differences in our builds and altitude. If my water and air temps are good and I get air coming out of the vents even marginally below ambient I'll be happy

[hades]

Looking bad ass man

[chibikougan]

Well you got rid of a bit of the red in the engine bay...