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Re: Cooling

To: "John Linville" <bellytk@nh.ultranet.com>, <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Cooling
From: John Beckett <johnbeck@blueridge.cc.nc.us>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:54:06 -0400
John

I built my car with a tank for Bonneville. They work. 5 to 10 gal should be
plenty for Maxton, or a small radiator if it will fit. Also electric water
pumps seem to work fine.

JB

At 10:11 PM 6/21/99 -0400, John Linville wrote:
>Hi, novice question here.  The anglia will run our injected flathead we have
>campaigned for several years.  It runs the quarter in the 11's on just
>captive water in the block and only gets to about 180 degrees or so after
>the pass.  So when we run the Anglia at the drags, we'll run it just like
>the dragster did.  However the question is Maxton.  Nose is quite small on
>these cars so a radiator is a bit of a problem.  Thinking of a nose mounted
>water tank for Maxton with an electric pump controlled from the drivers
>console.  There appears to be a lot of cars running water tanks, I guess for
>both weight and engine cooling.  I was thinking about a ten gallon size
>aluminum tank to fit upright in the nose.  I have a son that owns a welding
>business nearby (I'm finally recouping some of the monies from his
>youth!!!!!!).  Interested in hearing about cooling, specifically for the
>mile at Maxton.  Thanks much.   John
>



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