Champion radiator for ~500hp small block??

Jarlaxle said

Your radiator is oversized enough that you can get away with it. If this system were "proven," the OEMs would use it. They do not and never have, because it quite obviously is blocking airflow. There is a substantial part of your radiator that has zero airflow at any speeds, because the back of it is blocked. It would probably r

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Okay...I'll play

So how would removing the shroud help when stuck in traffic, or at a stop light, or in the staging lanes during the Summer? When the only air that passes over the core, is what the fan is drawing through its surface area. I don't pull out of my house and immediately onto a highway. I have miles to drive to get there.

Are you willing to trade a marginal temperature decrease at highway speeds for a significant temp increase at idle? I don't see the net benefit of that.