01-05-2015, 10:10 PM
Hi Richard
Well haven raced cars at 24 hours at over 200 mph for years, you begin to see the signs of metal fatigue early. Given the Air charge cooler is 48 inches long and 6 inches thick there is a torsion stress when the motor moves in the backend of Newell engine compartment. Since I tried to repair the factory unit twice, and looking at the failure points and the amount of metal that was supporting the cooler portion it was easy to see there was torsional rotation of the cooler in its frame. I sent my pics and notes to an engineer friend at Audi lemans team and my new design and he agreed. It has been flawless.
Well haven raced cars at 24 hours at over 200 mph for years, you begin to see the signs of metal fatigue early. Given the Air charge cooler is 48 inches long and 6 inches thick there is a torsion stress when the motor moves in the backend of Newell engine compartment. Since I tried to repair the factory unit twice, and looking at the failure points and the amount of metal that was supporting the cooler portion it was easy to see there was torsional rotation of the cooler in its frame. I sent my pics and notes to an engineer friend at Audi lemans team and my new design and he agreed. It has been flawless.
Murray Craig - VE7XQ Ham
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