[Tigers] The holes on the left and right of the radiator on the Sunbeams

[Stu]

I never heard that explanation before.  But along those lines, my old Jetta
had a large hole next to the radiator.  There was a rubber flap over this
hole, secure only at the top.  I think that the idea was that at road speed
it would open and provide extra airflow to help keep the engine compartment
cooler.  But stopped, the flap would close off the hole, preventing hot air
recirculation.

Stu


On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 11:38 AM, John Watertor via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> There was a Tiger question years ago when someone ask this question in one
> of the sports car magazines, on why there was holes on the right and left
> side of the radiator mount sheet metal.
> The answer was, the holes are to let air flow over each exhaust manifold
> when driving to cool the under hood temperature. Did anyone else ever heard
> of this answer?
>
> John Watertor
> h2otor at aol.com
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