On 24 Jan 97 at 14:07, DOUG WILSON wrote:
>> there was a tube, what appeared to be an open
>> length of brakeline, sticking up through the cowl grille in front of the
>> passenger side windscreen, and that side of the windscreen had residue of a
>> spray coming from the area of the tube.
> The arrangement hails from Circle Track Racing and is not uncommon. However
> the purpose is not suppose to be as you describe. It is intended as a radiator
> overflow discharge and is suppose to be connected to an overflow bottle. It
> exits at the windshield to let the driver know that the engine/radiator is
> hot.
Interesting- a poetntialy valid application. Except vintage rules I've seen all
explicitly require radiator overflow tubes into a catch tank- I would expect
you'd have to loose a lot of water for it to come out of such a tube. At which
point you'd be pulling into the pits, which was not the case.
Hey you tech inspectors- would any of you consider such an arrangement legal in
vintage?
rg
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