Chicken / Egg
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:13 am
I was replacing a radiator last night and it occurred to me that the two "horns" on the front of the frame that anchor the inboard suspension and radiator are spaced to allow the lower rubber radiator feet to go into the 3/4" holes on the bottom of the Subaru Brat radiator.
So naturally my next thought is: was our suspension geometry driven by the Subaru Brat radiator? Or did they design the frame and then search the world over looking for a radiator with lower anchor holes that matched the spread of the horns?
PS: On advice of a CSR I chose to stick with the Subaru radiator, which seems to be no worse or better than the performance of the new Enterprises radiator. A couple of weeks ago we had half the field running in the 198-205 degree range, with no difference between Enterprises and Subaru radiators. There's nothing wrong with running at that temp range, other than the ECU programming that cuts timing and adds fuel at 200+. That threshold could be moved to 205 to solve the problem; although I suspect there's more revenue in selling radiators.
So naturally my next thought is: was our suspension geometry driven by the Subaru Brat radiator? Or did they design the frame and then search the world over looking for a radiator with lower anchor holes that matched the spread of the horns?
PS: On advice of a CSR I chose to stick with the Subaru radiator, which seems to be no worse or better than the performance of the new Enterprises radiator. A couple of weeks ago we had half the field running in the 198-205 degree range, with no difference between Enterprises and Subaru radiators. There's nothing wrong with running at that temp range, other than the ECU programming that cuts timing and adds fuel at 200+. That threshold could be moved to 205 to solve the problem; although I suspect there's more revenue in selling radiators.