overheating

["Brian A.Tink" <batink@domain.elided>]

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