In a message dated 7/5/10 7:32:02 AM, healeys-request@autox.team.net
writes:
> After discussion wih Line and all the answers we
> > receive we will do the ride with the hardop but presenly we are in
> > the process of blocking most of the litlle space where the hot air
> > is coming from the engine lets try that and we will see. If it not
> > ok i wil leave the hardtop somewhere on our way .......to Galena
>
Sealing off the heat from the engine is an important ingredient in cool
running, but equally important, especially with the hard top, is cool air
coming in from the front of the car into the cockpit passenger side. Haven't
seen
this suggestion for awhile, but for long-distance travel in the past, I've
had enormous success by buying a clothes drying corrugated heating duct
(plastic or aluminum foil) about six feet long. Then, remove the panel in the
passenger footwell that blocks the firewall hole for the right-hand side
steering column. (it just unscrews). Run the duct from the front grille
through
the engine compartment to that hole and use copious amounts of duct tape at
both ends to tape it in place.
You won't believe the difference on the passenger side, with cool air
blowing directly into the footwell. Once you arrive, the mod can easily be
reversed for show, and then re-installed before driving hom.
Travel safe.
Gary
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