At 08:59 AM 9/3/97 PDT, you wrote:
>Nice to hear a little more about this monster 351C Tiger. Obviously,
>there's more than one way to skin this cat. I presume you are giving your
>engine temperatures in Celsius. Few of us are really going to believe an
>operating temperature between 85 and 120 F. If your talking centigrade (or
>Celsius to be more correct) this would be a range of to 185F to 248F, and
>halfway between is 216F. I, and a lot of other Tiger owners have basically
>the same experience, each with very different equipment and motors. I guess
>it's natural that most of the people discussing this issue have some kind of
>problem. Diagnosing each individual problem is the challenge.
>
>The only small thing, but significant I think, I would take issue with is
>referring to the "copper washer to restrict water flow". Reducing water
>flow per se never improves cooling. The value of a restriction is that it
>builds pressure inside the engine, albeit at the cost of water flow. As
>long as the reduction in water flow is not excessive, then there's a net
>benefit. The trick is to add just the right amount of restriction, I guess
>only trial and error will work here.
>
>Bob
Bob, yes the temp is in Celsius as that is what the Tiger II
gauge is calibrated in. Do the older Tigers have gauges in F?
The Copper washer I referred to is a standard OEM
item on Clevelands and all the rebuild books have warnings to be sure that
this washer is NOT removed. I take the HP rebuild book at it's word on
this subject.
Jim Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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