Re: overheating

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

john

Thank you for your reply.  was it that long ago, how time flies when you are having fun.  I guess the upside is that in my declining years to be able to remember that there was even an article helps to prove that "old timers" has not caught up yet.

Here in Australia most of the state authorities permit the slim line plates in the front, and currently I have one ordered.  It is only as high as the number plate plymth.

as I do not generally have an overheating problem, it may be a difficult for me to test the effect.

I could only suggest that any one having a problem, might like to test the theory by removing the plate as see what happens.  Tape the plate to the inside of the front screeen and plead that it fell off, if the local boys in blue ask.


In the meantimne keep staggering    brian  SOC #14518

 At 12:47 AM 6/11/98 -0000, you wrote:
>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
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