After many 1000s of miles in the Australian Outnack & Tropics in
Summer with temps regularly in 100f range I can confidently say that
if your cooling system & engine is in good condition, ie as new. It
will not overheat unless you are operating the car outside of it's
design parametres. So unless you are competing in the Desert GP or
trying to tow something like a horse float you will sweet.
Murray Aeundell
Brisbane Australia
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On 11/03/2009, at 4:37, "R. Martin Rogovein" <rmort@bezeqint.net> wrote:
>>> The question still stands, just how hot does it have to be
>>> to have an MGB in good condition boil over?
>
> Well, FWIW, I've driven my more or less stock 70 roadster up the
> hill from
> tel aviv to Jerusalem (~2500 ft in 30 miles or so), and even on 35c
> days in
> the blazing sun it never gets above 3/4 of the way to H.
>
> Sitting in traffic in 35c and 85% humidity down near the coast it
> will get
> almost to the red, the aftermarket aux fan wil bring it back down to
> 7/8ths
> of the way to H.
>
> I still have the original metal engine fan, and a cheapo plastic
> addon (with
> no shroud) in front of the rad.
> And my car is far from what most of you guys would call 'good
> condition'
> [VBG]
>
> Also, they only sell premixed coolant here, supposedly optimized for
> the
> climate (often hot, never freezes, lots and lots of minerals in the
> tap
> water)
>
> R Martin
> Herzliya Israel.
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