In a message dated 3/28/00 8:21:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, sculver@iwl.net
writes:
> I read something here awhile back getting the 235 engine to run cooler.
> Mine tends to run a little hot in the summer, and I'd like to cool it off.
> What is, and where can I get a shroud that I have heard mentioned, and
where
> might I get a fan with more than 4 blades? Would this make a notable
> difference in engine temperature?
>
> Thanks-
>
> Smokey Culver
> '50 3600 5-window (mine) & '56 3600 (hers)
Hi Smokey,
Shrouds have to help, no doubt about it, but my 235 in my '59 I run a 160
Tstat and no shroud, stock radiator and fan. My temps have never gotten over
about 170-180 (judging by my best "guesstimate" from the stock gauge) when
loaded and pulling hills in 100+degree heat.
Now I might just be the "lucky one" of the group, not sure.
Mike
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