Justin,
That is what those water filled fire extinguishers were for. <Huge Grin>
Jack Brooks
1960 TR3A
1974 Norton 850 Commando
Hillsdale, NJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of jmwagner
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 12:47 PM
> To: R. Kastner
> Cc: Gt6steve@aol.com; FOT@autox.team.net; Vintage-race@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Cooling
>
>
> Kas....
>
> When I was a teen... I came up with a different use for the
> windshield washer
> pump in my TR 4A... I rotated the little jets on the wipers
> outward... so that
> they aimed forward about 40 degrees toward the front of the car.... When
> someone tailgated me, particularly with their brights on... I
> would "push the
> plunger a few times...on every straight"....
>
> As long as I did it while the car was in motion, the water stream
> would go up
> and over the cockpit and land perfectly down, like a flock of seagulls
> urinating, on the car behind me... and no one could ever see the
> source...the stream was quite invisible... so it never escalated things or
> caused road-rage... I just had fun watching the guy slow down
> and look around,
> puzzled... particularly if he was in a convertible himself...
>
> I don't think I ever had those little jets aiming at my windshield.....
>
> --Justin
>
>
>
> R. Kastner wrote:
>
> > This system works great with race cars also. With the first
> TR-4 car driven
> > by Charlie Gates we had a lot of over heating due to the small
> size of the
> > stock radiator and in those days you were not allowed to enlarge the
> > radiator. I drilled small holes in a piece of brass tuning and
> mount this
> > in the verticle center of the grill pointing at the radiator,
> then attached
> > the hose from the windshield washer. This model TR-4 had a
> little hand pump
> > that operated from the dash ( non-electric) and so on every
> straight Charlie
> > would push the plunger a few times and wet the rad and it
> worked fantastic.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
> > To: <Gt6steve@aol.com>
> > Cc: <FOT@autox.team.net>; <Vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 6:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: Cooling
> >
> > > Steve...
> > >
> > > I grew up with motor homes... we had a great "fix" to get
> us over the
> > humps of
> > > high mountains... even with the A/C on....
> > >
> > > We bought a CHEAP windshield washer kit from an auto parts
> store... and
> > put the
> > > spray nozzles in front of the radiator. We mounted the plastic water
> > container
> > > in such a place that we could refill it WHILE driving from
> the inside of
> > the
> > > motor home. When the motor started to get hot... we just turned it
> > on... it
> > > sprayed water lightly onto the radiator (not in great enough
> amounts to
> > cause
> > > problems...) and we would just refill it as we went.... it
> might take 3
> > gallons
> > > of water to get us over a mountain range... but it was sure
> nice to keep
> > the
> > > motor home air conditioned and driving 70 mph w/o
> overheating... it was
> > sure a
> > > lot cheaper than trying to upgrade equipment that otherwise
> worked fine...
> > >
> > > Just food for thought.... these days.. you could probably buy those
> > little
> > > spray nozzles from a Home Depot or Garden center... that
> sprays the water
> > in a
> > > very fine mist... this would improve the overall design... combining a
> > cheap 12V
> > > windshield wiper pump and holding tank with the mist nozzles.
> > >
> > > --Justin Wagner
> > >
> > > Gt6steve@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello all, it's summer towing again in the desert. Can
> anybody supply
> > or
> > > > point me to calculations for radiator sizing and especially Trans
> > cooling
> > > > sizes for the motorhomes we haul with. I climb several
> mountains (1000
> > ft to
> > > > 4500ft) to get to any race I attend and have cooling
> issues. I try to
> > avoid
> > > > the high heat of the afternoon (110F) but climbing in the
> 80-90 F temps
> > are
> > > > typical. The reason I ask is that I'm considering taking the trans
> > cooling
> > > > off the rad and putting in a heat exchanger with it's own fan. I'll
> > welcome
> > > > any observations...Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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