This system works great with race cars also. With the first TR-4 car driven
by Charlie Gates we had a lot of over heating due to the small size of the
stock radiator and in those days you were not allowed to enlarge the
radiator. I drilled small holes in a piece of brass tuning and mount this
in the verticle center of the grill pointing at the radiator, then attached
the hose from the windshield washer. This model TR-4 had a little hand pump
that operated from the dash ( non-electric) and so on every straight Charlie
would push the plunger a few times and wet the rad and it worked fantastic.
----- Original Message -----
From: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
To: <Gt6steve@aol.com>
Cc: <FOT@autox.team.net>; <Vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: Cooling
> Steve...
>
> I grew up with motor homes... we had a great "fix" to get us over the
humps of
> high mountains... even with the A/C on....
>
> We bought a CHEAP windshield washer kit from an auto parts store... and
put the
> spray nozzles in front of the radiator. We mounted the plastic water
container
> in such a place that we could refill it WHILE driving from the inside of
the
> motor home. When the motor started to get hot... we just turned it
on... it
> sprayed water lightly onto the radiator (not in great enough amounts to
cause
> problems...) and we would just refill it as we went.... it might take 3
gallons
> of water to get us over a mountain range... but it was sure nice to keep
the
> motor home air conditioned and driving 70 mph w/o overheating... it was
sure a
> lot cheaper than trying to upgrade equipment that otherwise worked fine...
>
> Just food for thought.... these days.. you could probably buy those
little
> spray nozzles from a Home Depot or Garden center... that sprays the water
in a
> very fine mist... this would improve the overall design... combining a
cheap 12V
> windshield wiper pump and holding tank with the mist nozzles.
>
> --Justin Wagner
>
> Gt6steve@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hello all, it's summer towing again in the desert. Can anybody supply
or
> > point me to calculations for radiator sizing and especially Trans
cooling
> > sizes for the motorhomes we haul with. I climb several mountains (1000
ft to
> > 4500ft) to get to any race I attend and have cooling issues. I try to
avoid
> > the high heat of the afternoon (110F) but climbing in the 80-90 F temps
are
> > typical. The reason I ask is that I'm considering taking the trans
cooling
> > off the rad and putting in a heat exchanger with it's own fan. I'll
welcome
> > any observations...Steve
>
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