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Cooling System Question

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Subject: Cooling System Question
From: Chris Attias <cattias@cats.ucsc.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 08:31:23 -0700
Since we have been going for some time on cooling system and heater 
threads, I thought I'd ask a question that has puzzled me for years...

Early MGBs have 7 lb. (don't know what that works out to in metric 
units) radiator caps.  Most car cooling systems can run at twice that 
pressure.  This seems desireable, as it raises the coolant boiling 
point.  What is the weak link in an MGB cooling system that would 
prevent you from running at a higher pressure?  Radiator core?  Brass 
header tank metalurgy?  Heater core?  Heater valve?  Head gasket?? 
Or is this a bad idea for other reasons?
Chris Attias
'64 MGB
'84 Alfa Romeo GTV-6

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