Charles,
You see what you don't know is that Rover V8 motors are used as
refrigerators in darkest Africa.
At 07:33 PM 2/21/05, Charles & Peggy Robinson wrote:
>I'm sorry but I foind it difficult to believe the the underhood temp
>doesn't rise to over 120 *F. My gosh, it's ovet 1008 F ambient in my
>kneck of the woods.
>
> CR
>
>Barrie Robinson wrote:
>>Well gentlemen, my search for such data is at an end. Martyn Harvey, he
>>of MGB V8 fame, has done exhaustive testing and recorded under bonnet
>>temperatures for all sorts of conditions, bonnet up, bonnet down, fans
>>on, fans off, etc etc etc. From his work it would seem the highest temp
>>(at the front of the Holley carb fuel bowl) never goes above 120 F. Thus
>>my high temp glue should work as it is rated up to 180 F. If anyone
>>wants a copy of his data please contact me - I'm sure Martyn would not
>>mind sharing his work more widely. Thanks Martyn!
>>Regards
>>Barrie
>>Barrie Robinson
>>(7
Regards
Barrie Robinson
barrie@look.ca
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