- 1. [Healeys] Wheel Well Vents (score: 1)
- Author: "Ray Carbone" <racarbon@verizon.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:49:23 -0400
- Hi All, Recently, I have been experimenting with a number of reversible alterations to improve engine cooling when under way. Recently, I have found a number of articles that indicated that vents cre
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- 2. Re: [Healeys] Wheel Well Vents (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:38:43 +0000 (UTC)
- Sounds reasonable enough, but in my experience--and based on comments by others--the main cooling issue with Healeys is sitting in traffic on hot days. bs -- Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA Hi All, Recent
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- 3. Re: [Healeys] Wheel Well Vents (score: 1)
- Author: "gary brierton" <gbrierton@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:29:46 -0400
- No Problem...just mount spinning "rails" on your front hubs! They'll keep spinning after you stop, creating the necessary low pressure. Be sure to also raise the car 6-12 inches. GaryB ______________
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- 4. Re: [Healeys] Wheel Well Vents (score: 1)
- Author: richard mayor <mayorrichard@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:39:48 +0000
- I did not know that the "moving wheel" created "low pressure" that would suck heat out of the engine bay if vents were installed in the wheel wells. I always thought that the wheel wells were there t
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- 5. Re: [Healeys] Wheel Well Vents (score: 1)
- Author: healeyguy@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:17:57 -0400
- I owned a modified 100 for a number of years that had the front wheel wells perforated with various sized holes. They were mainly in the vertical portion of the panel adjacent to the shroud support.
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- 6. Re: [Healeys] Wheel Well Vents (score: 1)
- Author: "Ray Carbone" <racarbon@verizon.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:17:42 -0400
- Hi Perry, Although I do like the look of the fender vents, the idea of implementing a few out and downward facing louvers on the top of the wheel well to improve air flow and reduce high pressure wit
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- 7. Re: [Healeys] Wheel Well Vents (score: 1)
- Author: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:10:54 +0800
- Seems to me you could put some computer 12 volt ventilation fans near the top of the wheel well and that could do a lot to remove hot air as it rises under the bonnet. -- Sent from my mobile device A
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- 8. Re: [Healeys] Wheel Well Vents (score: 1)
- Author: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
- Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:44:30 +0200
- Why bother, just fit an electric fan to the radiator, thermostaticly controlled with a manual override switch. This will solve the overheating problems in dense traffic. Kees Oudesluijs NL Alan Seigr
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