I agree, definitely can't hurt to wall off the radiator sides. I'd like to convert the rear window to lexan or something and add a few more ducts that vent ahead of the radiator there too.
Although, now that I think of it. At the last race when the car overheated I thought the thermostat had...
Air flow to the radiator is coming from naca ducts in the quarter windows and behind the doors in the fender. The tubing is aluminum.... I was hoping with that much extra it will add more cooling surface instead of doing it all in flex tube.
I think switching the lines so top of block goes to...
I'm not running a degas tank, I have an aftermarket reservoir that has the actual pressurized cap on it which vents to an overflow bottle. I'm going to try switching the lines, I definitely have it backwards as far as top of engine to top of radiator.
So, should the top of the radiator be connected to the top of the engine where the thermostat is and the bottom of the radiator should go to the bottom of the engine block? Because I think I have mine reversed.
Could it be that the turbo is somehow sucking all the cold water into it and not letting it get into the block at the bottom and then feeding it all into the upper hot tube and right back out.. essentially a bypass? Not sure how all these thermodynamics work exactly :)
Yes, I know, the title is basically an oxymoron but I'm stumped and have no idea what else to try.
I drift so I was looking to move the radiator to the rear to help with weight bias plus I had major overheating problems with it squashed up front between my intercooler and big hot turbo...