Mark,
First things first:
When you have the lines made-up, I personally would NOT suggest the steel
braided lines. Unfortunately, many of these types of lines are made up for
show rather than go and have a very LOW heat rating. Rather, I would go to
some company like KAMAN supply (no, I don't work for them, but I know they
are national,) and get yourself some high heat rated hoses. The ones I had
made for my car are rated at 600 degrees. On places they are near the
block, or in my case, the headers, I have them sleeved with another hose
material that is rated at 1000 degrees. Believe me, these guys know hoses,
have all the fittings and the hoses they make don't leak. I don't know if
your setup is stock, mine is not; they run past the headers into the
driver's side front fender to a remote oil filter. In my case, I need these
types of hoses. If yours is a stock setup, the braided hoses may work just
fine.
Regarding the radiator thermostat, keep in mind that Tom Hall, John Logan
and others have noted two critical issues: 1) Ford recommends that their
motors run the most efficiently and with the least wear at an operating
temperature of 195-215 degrees, and 2) the standard rule of thumb is that if
you are not puking coolant, you are not overheating. Personally, I would go
with the 180 degree thermostat and see what happens. Many Tiger owners
(IMHO) worry way too much about heat. Heat is a good thing as long as you
don't consistently remain at over 230 degrees. Also, keep in mind that the
gauge in your care is probably inaccurate, and it is a good idea to get an
accurate read with a highly accurate measuring device to develop a good
baseline of actually where you are as opposed to what your gauge reads. In
my case, until I had it recalibrated, my gauge read 10 degrees too high.
That's a lot when you are trying to differentiate between 220 and 230
degrees. This was before I corrected a true cooling problem.....it WAS
puking coolant.
Regards,
Allan
B9472373
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Rose, Mark G
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:01 AM
To: 'tigers@autox.team.net'
Subject: Blown oil filter lines
Well it was bound to happen. Now that I found out what the Tiger could do
and adjusted my accelerator pedal to where I had WOT (with a little room for
engine movement and making sure I wasn't pulling against the carb stop) I
was out having a little romp. I wasn't even going that fast but had the rpms
up and pow! in great cloud of white smoke, I blew up the remote oil filter
hoses. We dumped almost all 6 quarts of oil in about 10 seconds. It looked
like we were fogging the area for insects. Thankfully nobody was behind us.
We shut off the engine and coasted into a gas station where the worker
behind the counter watched us with suspicious glares at the "queer british
car." Called a friend and endured the shame of having to be towed home.
Unfortunately, the 'bowtie' man across the street was home as we pulled up
and laughed as he continued washing his Chevy.
Anyway, off to the custom hose shop this morning for steel-braided lines.
The sad thing is I was just talking about needing to change the oil filter
two days ago, but this is not the way I wanted to do it.
While I had the radiator hose off, I pulled the thermostat to check the
rating. It was a 160 degree unit. Knowing Oklahoma weather is fairly hot,
should I go to 180 or keep the 160? The car has been running between 170 -
200 degrees but the temperature here has not been above 50 degrees the last
several weeks.
Thanks
Mark
B382000974
1966 - Mk1a
Mark Rose
Team Quest Learning Services
www.OUropes.ou.edu
mrose@ou.edu
405.325.0464
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