msecres@ibm.net wrote:
>
> James wrote:
> >
> > You could maybe get 1% power incresse, if you put different needels
> > in, but that about it.
> >
> > But you will might risk upsetting the harmonic tuning (not mixture),
> > that is, the standing wave set up in the tube that is tuned to
> > get the most amount of power out.
> >
> > You could however convert to an electric fan and get a 15% power
> > increese. This would cost less than a K&N if you got it from
> > a scrap yard.
> > --
> > James Carpenter
> > Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot
>
> Actually, the car already has a PO installed electric fan, in the front,
> not the back. Haven't checked to see it there's room to take off the
> blades, and move the fan to the rear of the rad, but I've thought about
> it. It just makes me a little nervous to run the car, with its
> propensity for heat, with just the fan. I think I would want to hook up
> an audio alert to the temperature sensor, so that in case I was out on a
> 95 degree day, and the fan shorted out, at least I would get a clear
> warning of the situation, in case I didn't happen to be watching the
> temp gauge like a hawk. Anyone done THIS?
>
> --
> Martin Secrest
> 73 GT6
> 74 Spitfire
>
> I did not hook up audio for that, but I did hook up audio for the turn
>signals using an aticle in a Moss Newletter. The buzzer came from Radio Shack.
Stu
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