Brian,
I'm sort of doing what you're doing. I read water temperature out of
the frame tube that goes from the top of the head to the top of the
radiator, and oil temperature in the dry sump tank after it has been
cooled and is about to be sent through the frame to the engine. I'm no
expert though.
Vaughn
> ----------
> From: Brian Evans[SMTP:brian@uunet.ca]
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 1997 8:48 AM
> To: Jeff Young
> Cc: vintage-race@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Cool-ant Questions
>
> At 04:24 PM 3/20/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Andy --
> >
> >The water pump pushes water into the engine at the pump (on the front
> of
> >the block); the water exits at the elbow at the top, front of the
> head.
> >The water exiting *should* go to the top of the radiator; the bottom
> of
> >the radiator should feed the water pump.
>
>
> Just read an article about a VARAC member who collects and shows some
> Model
> T Ford racers - point was made that Model T's didn't have water pumps
> - they
> heated the water, which pushed it's way out the top of the engine,
> into the
> top of the Radiator, fell as it cooled, and was pulled or gravity fed
> back
> into the bottom of the engine. So water goes HOT - T0P!
>
> Measuring temps - I have always measured at the cylinder head, which
> makes
> sense if you want to know the hottest temp your water gets to. But
> what
> about oil? do you measure the oil temp as it exits the engine (ie.
> hottest)
> or as it enters the engine (ie. as it's about to do it's work in the
> bearings)? I seem to recall a Smokey Yunick article that said measure
> it as
> it enters the block, but I've spoken to racers whose opinion I value
> that
> said the opposite. I think that I'd rather know the temp as it goes
> into
> the engine from the tank...
>
> Any ideas?
> Brian Evans
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