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Re: [Tigers] Crossover body Mk1 & front end w/ no horn holes

To: rfraser@bluefrog.com
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Crossover body Mk1 & front end w/ no horn holes
From: Tom Parker <tkparker1941@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:46:48 -0400
... but I found this via a simple Google Search! Fo figger!

Tom

http://www.teae.org/cooling/cooling_article.html

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Tom Parker <tkparker1941@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron,
>
> I looked too. It ain't there. Maybe another site?
>
> TE/AE mentioned two things not mentioned so far: sealing the gap between
> the cross member and the radiator (Possibly no more effective than the "Chin
> Spoiler" you mentioned.) and an electric fan. (I'm assuming a pusher fan
> because the distance between the stock radiator and the fan pulley (without
> the fan) is, well, a bit close. I've read a few articles, probably in Tigers
> United, about electric fans. A good place to start.
>
> For those of us without fan shrouds, making one out of something like roof
> flashing doesn't look like it's too daunting. It's difficult to enclose the
> bottom of the shroud because of the steering rack, and challenging to block
> the driver's side (LHD) horn hole if there's an oil cooler installed like in
> the Mark 2. Once again, though, flashing could be made to close as much of
> the gap as possible there, and completely close the other side. A bit
> cheaper than the plates offered on E-Bay.
>
> Tom
> ' 67 Mark 2 under re-construction.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com> wrote:
>
>> Allan
>>        There are numerous fixes for cooling problems if you really have a
>> cooling problem.
>>
>> The horn plates are suppose to work
>>
>> TE/AE did a long study on this subject; it was on the TE/AE web site but
>> the
>> last time I looked, I did not find it.
>>
>> Top hitters for cooling
>>
>> Chin spoiler under the radiator to create negative pressure behind the
>> radiator
>>
>> Complete the fan surround to draw more air through the radiator
>>
>> 6 blade fan for more air flow
>>
>> If someone knows where that TE/AE study is located; please post the web
>> address.
>>
>> Ron Fraser
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> ]
>> On Behalf Of Allan Ballard
>> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:05 PM
>> To: Landcmitch@aol.com
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>> tigers@autox.team.net;
>> ZForce56@aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Crossover body Mk1 & front end w/ no horn holes
>>
>>
>> Good one :)
>>
>> I have read that blanking off the horn holes will help cool the engine.
>>
>> Is that true?
>>
>> Plates for that purpose are offered on ebay from time to time.
>>
>> Allan Ballard
>> MK1a Tiger
>> Series IV Alpine
>>
>>
>> On Aug 21, 2010, at 8:04 PM, Landcmitch@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> > ...it was an April Fool's joke on future generations of Tiger owners.
>> >
>> > Charlie
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