Windsor,
Of course, what I meant to say is, "If you only run 90-100 F ABOVE ambient
. . ."
Red faced in S.D.,
Bob
At 05:17 PM 8/24/99 -0700, Windsor Owens wrote:
> I have a 66 Mk IA tiger with a 289. If I keep moving and the
>temp. outside is below 80 degrees F, the engine runs about 170 -180,
>which I guess is OK. But If it gets above 80 F out, and I hit stop &
>go traffic, I'm screwed. Within about 10-15 minutes it'll be up to
>200+F. So, I'm considering ways to fix this:
>
>
> 1. Pull radiator and give to a good shop to have it cleaned.
>Should I get it re-cored? If I do get it re-cored, should I increase
>the number of cores? Will a triple core fit?
> 2. Flush the engine jackets.
> 3. Intall the 6 blade maverick fan. Anybody have one
>available?
> 4. Install an auxilary fan in front of the radiator. What is
>the best aux. fan to use? Does someone make a bracket/entire fan &
>bracket kit that will bolt on?
> 5 ????
>
> If anyone out there has any ideas about how best to proceed,
>I'd love to hear them!
>
>TIA,
>
>Windsor
Robert L. Palmer
UCSD, Dept. of AMES
619-822-1037 (o)
760-599-9927 (h)
rpalmer@ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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