In a message dated 4/4/2005 9:02:17 AM Central Standard Time,
vinttr4@geneseo.net writes:
> I've been asked to help with a cooling problem on a TR6 that is highly
> modified, with high compression ratio especially, that will be both raced
> and driven on the street. The car currently has a stock radiator in it. I'd
> like to hear from other owners about cooling capacity for highly modified
> engine -- will a stock radiator handle it in a TR6?
>
I don't have a heavily modified engine but I do have a raised compression
ratio (about 9.5:1) and my experience with TR6's is that they run at thermostat
temp all the time as longs as you are moving. I think that the radiator is
fine but what you may need is more fan.
Dave Massey
71 TR6
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