Jack - Please send over details of this radiator!!! Both Paul Willoughby
and I would love to know where to find one, and if you have any fitting
details.. I'm sure there might be one or two others who are interested.
Paul has a bit of a non-stock engine (5.0 Liter/302 SB), and I might get one
eventually - so cooling is even more of an issue....
THANKS VERY MUCH!
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4 at geneseo.net>
To: <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 12:09 PM
Subject: temperature problems
> There are lots of messages on the lists about water temp problems. We all
> have opinions. Me too. But none of us has addressed the most probable and
> very real cause (again, in my opinion).
>
> I race a TR4 in vintage races. I chased overheating problem for three
> years, and then solved it. The things I went through trying to solve it
> were water wetter, antifreeze (illegal in racing), thermostats of all
> descriptions, orifices. None worked.
>
> Then I put in a big aluminum radiator designed for stock cars. Not only
did
> the problem go away, but now I have to run a thermostat to keep the engine
> warm enough, even during racing. I attribute this improvement partly to
the
> increased frontal area and partly to the modern fin design. This radiator
> weighs a fraction of the original but it is 19" x 22", so it takes some
> engineering to do it. It's relatively cheap, though, at about $160 for the
> radiator.
>
> What our Triiumph community needs is some approach to a better radiator
> that maintains the original look of the engine compartment but doesn't
cost
> a darned fortune.
>
> uncle jack
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