per Bert Munro----"its the Ground up dog balls, Mayor"lol
---
I sure hope to have an official vist to your city soon
>
>>
> See, now that you have quit smoking the old prostate is working better.
>
> DW
>
> ddahlgren@snet.net wrote:
> Without a water pump you are asking for detonation from hot spots and
> localized over heating., steam pockets and a whole bunch of other nasty
> things. If you refuse to run a real water pump at least precharge the
> cooling system to 20 psi with air so you have some hope of getting down
> the track for more than a mile at a time. I can pee as hard as most of
> the electric water pumps and they do little to pressurize the engine.
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Askotto@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 1:56 AM
> To: wmtsmith@landracing.com
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Ratical lives
>
>
> In a message dated 7/2/2006 9:39:49 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> wmtsmith@landracing.com writes:
>
> Fired the big rat this afternoon---two minor fuel leaks reared their
> head
> after a run of a few minutes--one on the pressure side and one on a
> return
> line---let it get up to 210 degs. then turned on the H2O pump dropeped
> it to
> 180... very very happy camper---lots of loose ends to wrap up and
> atrailer to
> stretch---will be busy between now and
> SPEED WEEK-------------------
>
> "Sparky"
> RATICAL AA/GL 2211
> 219.124 El Mirage
>
>
>
>
> Hi Sparky
>
> Great you fired the big rat!
>
> Were the temperatures you quoted with the rat idling or reving with no
> load?
> Things will probably be a little different under load at full tilt.
>
> I remember when you stopped by you mentioned that my water tank/aluminum
>
> radiator setup held more water than yours and you are making, oh,,,
> about twice
> the HP I am.
>
> Mine went from 180 to 220 during a short squirt down the Texas mile but
> I
> don't have any circulating pump like you do in the tank. I'm hoping the
> size of
> the tank will offset the lack of the pump. Maybe I should install one
> just to
> be sure. Any thought's out there?
>
> Looking forward to seeing you again.
>
> Otto
>
>
"Sparky"
RATICAL AA/GL 2211
219.124 El Mirage
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