I've gone and got myself a bit confused so I'm hoping for some information that'll put me straight again...
Originally in my design I'd been planning to lie the radiator flat in the nose of the car, with a 4" gap between it and the floor.
A sealed duct would connect it to the opening in the nose 1/3 the size of the radiator and hot air would be dragged out through an opening at the root of the windscreen and the wheel arches.
Some examples of cars where its done like this are the
Ferrari 333SP and the Enzo, P4-5, MC12 line.
So most people tell me this arrangement either doesn't work or is very hard to make work and recommend getting angle onto the rad to improve it.
At the moment I can get about 30 degrees to the horizontal on the radiator and not screw up the lines of the planned body. But is that enough to work in a 'conventional' layout? What is the 'normal' angle seen in a 40?
The radiator I have measures 21"x17.5" across the cooling element, how does this compare with whats in peoples 40's?
I have been searching for information to enable some sort calcs to back up the argument one way or the other but found nothing of any use, if anyone can point me at that sort of info I'd appreciate it?
Thanks,