by pbeck » Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:13 pm
When my Crown was first built, it used the cooling solution as shown in the manual, ie., cutting out the upper inner front wheelwells. This also required blocking off the cowl vents because some hot air would intrude there. Also the cooling pipes went into the passenger cabin at the front bulkhead, then slanted down the floor and then back thru the tunnel. When I started the redo on my car I decided the cooling lines put entirely too much heat into the cabin. The heat transfer from the pipes would cause the CD player, built into a center console, to malfunction. I closed off the wheelwell openings, opened up about 1/2 the trunk floor and moved the coolant lines out of the cab and they now run through the tunnel. My radiator slants to the rear and is shrouded front and rear so the airflow transfers directly under the car. This allowed the cowl vents to be opened up and access cool air from the front, which is much appreciated. I had some cooling issues last year and decided to do some revisions. I found good used inner fenders, cut out patch panels to butt weld into the fenders. I'm moving up to a 20% larger 3 core radiator with twin cooling fans, new remote Mezire water pump mounted near the radiator and -an lines to and from the engine. All the cooling, water pump and fan operation, will be on an electronic programmable control with a "run on after shut down" feature. I'll get some pictures posted when I get things roughed in, probably a couple of weeks
Paul Beck
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