Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 14y 12d Gender: Male Posted 06/12/18 08:12 AM Share Posted 06/12/18 08:12 AM Fit a fan, ull be a fan! Not much air behind a fog light, trust me I know I remove my fog light for track days. For the cost of a good cooler and fan compared to the trans it’s really not that much money.Do it once do it right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat007 Member 236 Member For: 6y 4m 16d Posted 03/02/19 11:56 AM Share Posted 03/02/19 11:56 AM I've just installed mine with a fan under drivers headlight. There is no air flow though so with the fan on, blowing backwards, the inner guard is COOKING and I imagine the cooling effect is minimal.Thinking of cutting some slots in the inner guard. Thinking of making them like a louver vent so the wheel doesn't flick crap into them. Not sure how to go about this.Any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilk Is on holiday from communism Member 1,282 Member For: 6y 18d Gender: Female Location: Victoria Posted 03/02/19 10:31 PM Share Posted 03/02/19 10:31 PM I put mine on the roof, max airflow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat007 Member 236 Member For: 6y 4m 16d Posted 03/02/19 11:17 PM Share Posted 03/02/19 11:17 PM Thanks. Helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,036 Member For: 9y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 04/02/19 01:47 AM Share Posted 04/02/19 01:47 AM I just put mine there and was a 37 degree day when I gave it the initial shakedown drive. I've got my fan running off a thermostatic switch at 85 degrees.I used the Torque app to monitor the trans temp. Fan switched on at 85 degrees and the temp stayed pretty stable there once the fan came on, so I reckon airflow is ok. You could monitor yours the same way to confirm everything is cooling ok.The air is escaping of course, just not straight out the back. I'm not sure you'd want to blow that hot air directly onto one tyre by cutting slots though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat007 Member 236 Member For: 6y 4m 16d Posted 04/02/19 02:30 AM Share Posted 04/02/19 02:30 AM Hi Andrew. Thanks for that. I will monitor temps and try again. My OBDII tool doesn't connect to Forscan and the other random OBDII app I tried to use was telling me the trans temp was 176C.....yeah right. I don't suppose you were able to export the stats from that trip? I wasn't thinking just slots, I was thinking a louvre design to angle the air down, also to prevent the tyre from flicking dirt/debris at the cooler. You're right, hot air over one tyre may not be a good thing. Not sure how else I could vent it though. There isn't any air flow inside that area, especially with the lower undertray on. The inner guard was VERY hot when the fan was on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 04/02/19 02:37 AM Share Posted 04/02/19 02:37 AM @cat007 member @Ralph Wiggum (and probably others) have fitted louvres just as you've described, I'll try to track down the post I'm thinking of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 04/02/19 02:43 AM Share Posted 04/02/19 02:43 AM Here you go, more discussion on the following pages(s) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat007 Member 236 Member For: 6y 4m 16d Posted 04/02/19 02:45 AM Share Posted 04/02/19 02:45 AM Thanks mate - really appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,036 Member For: 9y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 04/02/19 04:21 AM Share Posted 04/02/19 04:21 AM Interesting stuff. I'll check how hot my inner guard is when I get home. I'd still feel weird venting into the wheel well but Ralph certainly knows his stuff so maybe ignore me.@cat007 have you tried the Torque app and adding the set of Ford PIDs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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