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Terry Nish has a pre heat system on his streamliner(portable) As I
understand it this is the system the sprint car boys use. Terry is a sprint
car racer. Look at it on the salt this year, it's a super system and works
well.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Weldons" <2weldons@earthlink.net>
To: <land-speed-digest@autox.team.net>
Cc: <b.a.savage@earthlink.net>; <ddahlgren@snet.net>; <kturk@adelphia.net>;
"Doug" <ardundoug@aol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:58 AM
Subject: Cooling and waterpumps
> Running too cool--
>
> 20 deg retard for the warm-up!! (((Shudder))) Goes to show the difference
> between a purpose designed race engine and a homemade one. I doubt if we
> could ever have talked Doug King into trying that on one of his arduns.
>
> Keith--Here's a little project for next winter assuming there's room on
> your
> trailer for one more gadget. Package an RV hot water heater, a battery and
> a
> 1-2 gallon propane tank on a cart. Find a small 12vdc pump that can handle
> 180F, some hoses and quick connects. Even a fraction of a GPM would work.
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