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Pity they don't make radiator enclosure for 2011
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Just bought this very sandwich plate from Improved Racing. Although it has a Setrab part number, it's actually a MOCAL part (MOCAL cast into the plate).That the Setrab plate?
do you have the thread for the baffles? Interested for 2011 stangI struggled with cooling on my Boss -- it made great power, but always ran hot. I tried the Ford Racing Air/Oil cooler, Ford Racing Radiator/Fan, Tiger hood, 302S grill. All made marginal improvements, but depending on the mod, either oil or coolant would get hotter than I liked after 15-20minutes of high ambient track abuse.
Eliminating the factory Water/Oil cooler fixed the CHT/Coolant issue (and eliminated the durability issue that 2012-Boss mentioned) but put more load on oil temps, so I went with the largest Air/Oil cooler that Setrab make, this helped significantly, but the biggest improvements were the Watson style radiator baffles and elimination of the A/C condenser. My conclusion is that CHT/Coolant temps are made worse by the Oil/Water Cooler, and that more airflow is required to keep Oil and CHT at acceptable levels.
There is also a lot of car to car variation, maybe I was just lucky to get a high HP motor
I'd be interested to buy a set from you, depending how they turn out/priceAgree. You'll have to make your own. I'm in the process of that now, following what @Black Boss has done on his car. For something even more focused than these methods, you can see a professionally-fabricated enclosure on @captdistraction 's car
do you have the thread for the baffles? Interested for 2011 stang
I would suggest you fab up a set based on Black Boss' blueprint like I'm about to. I wouldn't sell anything I make because 1) it will only be pretty enough to be well-hidden behind bodywork 2) what I need to build to mate up to existing panels I have already made may be different than what you have, and 3) it will take me significant effort compared to a real fabricator.I'd be interested to buy a set from you, depending how they turn out/price
Good to know, appreciate the input. I was thinking, perhaps wrongly, that the OEM cooler just exacerbates high oil temps at high engine operating temps.
The factory "gauge" is an absolute joke and I've found has no correlation to actual temperature. I compared the factory "gauge" after installing an auto meter gauge and the factory "gauge" would read over halfway before the real gauge even read 160. As soon as you start Revving it up high it just goes up.
Once you install the cooler the factory "gauge" will still read high
Jake
Jake: This is interesting info, and I can see how the factory might do this to induce limp modes to save engines and warranty cost before catastrophic engine failures happen.
Can anyone verify this with similar testing?
Thanks again for posting this info,
All the Best,
302 Hi Pro
Just bought this very sandwich plate from Improved Racing. Although it has a Setrab part number, it's actually a MOCAL part (MOCAL cast into the plate).
Hey guys, as anybody tried a waterless coolant, such as: https://www.evanscoolant.com/products/high-performance-coolant/
Thoughts, opinions...?