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Re: Radiator or Tank

To: John Beckett <saltracer@servusa.com>
Subject: Re: Radiator or Tank
From: Dave Dahlgren <ddahlgren@snet.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:34:58 -0400
The presurized radiator in the water tank that is unpressurized is the hot
ticket. Be sure to run a thermostat as well.
Dave

John Beckett wrote:
> 
>     Dick
> 
>     Use to run a tank (18 gal.) worked fine, but when the water was hot you
> were done for a few hours till it cooled down. What a pain when trying to
> tune/adjust something. Always got hot before I was finished.
>     Put one of Gribs NASCAR radiators in the Hondaliner. It cools just fine,
> but you have to run some air through it to do so. Which means you gotta get
> air in and some air out as well.
>     Having tried both I believe I'll keep the radiator and experiment with
> different was to duct the air in and out. May also add some additional
> gallons to the system capacity via larger side tanks.
> 
>     JB





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