Front Cargo Rack Creating Overheating
HI Folks: Just back from 12000kms trip to Maritimes. Found out loading of front cargo rack created to much air flow reduction to rad compartment and caused overheating problems. I posted write-up and...
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bobndot wrote:
Yes, i crawled under the truck and saw that . Wondered that myself :h.
It's not like air that goes to the front can't go down to the trans cooler, too. I haven't looked at the particular design, but generally air can travel to both if it goes through the grill. Also, due to the aerodynamics of the box, the air could have been missing the slot before and the new air from the tubes went down into the area that was being missed.
In any case, I like the concept of moving air from the front of the box to the grill area. I think I'd create a wider duct and attach it to the rack instead of the box only because I feel like you'd have more flexibility to carry other things.
