Re: overheating

["JOHN CLAYTON" <john.h.clayton@domain.elided>]

Brian,

Your memory has deceived you on several counts I'm afraid.

The Cooling System tests you refer to were written up in issues
160 and 161, namely February and March 1994, i.e. nearly
FIVE years ago.

After a quick scan of both articles, I can find no mention of 
either the position of the grille badge or the effect of the UK 
front number plate size on cooling.

However, in the April 1993 issue (no.151) there was an article
by a Professor I.N.Stein where he concluded that the badge
should be moved to a position 16cm from the centre of the 
Mainbeam headlamp.

I emphasise, though, that this was the APRIL issue, probably
appearing around April 1st. !

You may have a point regarding the number plate. It would have 
been interesting to see the effect of removing it during the
wind tunnel tests.

In his "Random Ravings" article back in June (issue 208) Sprocket
wrote about the size of number plates, suggesting we be allowed
to use the Italian "half-size" ones on the front.

I think that would make sense.

John Clayton
SOc mem.no.1570

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> From: Brian A.Tink <batink@domain.elided>
> To: stag@domain.elided
> Subject: overheating
> Date: 06 November 1998 10:01
> 
> Greetings once again from canberra.
> 
> I know that this subject has been flogged to death but I thought that I
would share an observation.
> 
> About a coue of years ago, in The stag owners Club magazine there was a
article where someone had conducted wind tunnel tests on the Stag.  From
memory, one observation was that the location of the grill badge had an
effect of the efficiency of the radiator.   Not that I have noticed too
many owners throwing the badge away.
> 
> Firstly before i get to my observation, let me say that in all the photos
that I have seen of Stags they all use the large nunber plates on the
front.
> 
> Now let me explain.   My observation came about by having the front end
up on some ramps while installing a new number plate plymth.  it was then I
noticed that the large number plates, that is once that are about 4 to 5
inches in depth, hang down below the plymth and bumper bar.  In fact that
hang down in front of the below bumper air intake.  
> 
> So the question is, dowa the number plate have an effect on the air flow
over the lower part of the radiator?
> 
> Here in canberra, we are allowed to have slim line plates which are only
as wide as the plymth.
> 
> Just a thought
> 
> 
> Keep staggering
> 
> 
> brian