Since my escapade with the acid cleaner this afternoon a pattern is
emerging. I drove the Bugeye this evening again at 9:30 PM. As long as
I kept moving, the temp would stay at about 165 to 170 (not sure the
accuracy of the gauge though). When I stopped at a traffic light it
would climb to 190F. As soon as I got moving again it would drop to
170F again. A few people on the list may have been right when they said
that the third row I added to the radiator core made it too congested
for the air to flow well enough for proper cooling. While I am sitting
at the stop light, the meager original fan on the 948 cannot pull enough
air past 3 cores for adequate cooling. At least that is my theory.
Someone i met at the British Wings and Wheels car show this past weekend
has graciously offered to lend me a good 2 row Bugeye radiator to
experiment with. I will try to pick it up this week and let the list
know how it turns out. If cooling at the stop light is improved then
that is something I think everyone that is considering a down flow
radiator re-core should know.
Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
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