russ,
look on page 29 of the anderson/moment restoration manual for a good pic of the
100 T baffle arrangement.
with respect to your 6, the moss deflectors you mentioned originally came on
all 6's.
i thought that 112 wasn't really hot since there is no humidity !
happy healeying,
jerry
Russ Staub wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Well, it's 112F today, guess I won't go cruising.
>
> Wow, what a great bunch of answers to my BN2 temperature quandary.
> Thanks everyone. Lots of ideas, but the ones that intrigue me the most
> involve baffling. I thought I had done everything I could think of to
> help my babies through the Phoenix summer environment. Even have a
> Texas cooler, which I think really helped.
>
> At any rate, I went down to Healey Hall and checked out the Baffling
> situation. The BN2 radiator just sits there, proud as can be, with no
> evidence to me of any kind of baffling. The sides of the radiator are
> wide open to the engine compartment, so I assume plenty of air just goes
> around the rad instead of through it.
>
> Same on the Bj8. Nothing I can see to channel the outside air
> exclusively through the radiator. So is this what's missing, and will
> it really help my freeway cooling (or parade idling as far as that goes)?
>
> I looked at the Moss catalog and they have an air deflector assembly
> shown. Is this what I need. Unfortunately, I don't see anything on the
> 100-4 page that looks anything like an air deflector or funneling baffle
> arrangement. What is that "T" style arrangment that Chris mentioned? I
> don't see anything like that in the Moss catalogue.
>
> Looks like you all got me on to something that will help my problem.
> Maybe I shouldn't worry. Weatherman predicts cooling to 111F tomorrow!
> I'm serious.
>
> Thanks, and any advice welcomed.
>
> Russ Staub
> '60 Bugeye
> '50 Atlantic
> '56 BN2
> '67 BJ8
> Mesa, AZ (where cooling trends are a matter of relativity).
>
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