Thursday, May 27, 2010

Cooling the Corvette

 A major factor in any automotive enjoyment, is the cooling system.  "IF IT RUNS HOT, YOUR NOT GOING TO BE A HAPPY DRIVER." The Mahaffey Corvette must accomplish this while maintaining alignment with the NHRA and IHRA rule book.  I am using a PRC radiator that fits the unaltered factory Corvette core support nicely.  And an electric fan is OK in Super/Stock per NHRA and IHRA rules.  The custom shroud serves as a mount for the fan as well as a component to maximize cooling potential.  The Corvette shroud was more difficult to build as the radiater sits on an angle in the car.  More time and effort is needed during fabrication to fit the radiator angle while the fan finished vertical (straight up and down).  Also pictured is the Mahaffey operations and monitoring manifold in the upper hose.  This feature is nice, in that it has an inline temp guage, bungs welded in place for a thermostatic control switch with over ride capability and High temp visual and audible driver alarm.    5/27/10   

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