- 1. Cooling a Hot 260 (score: 1)
- Author: Allan Connell <alcon@earthlink.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:05:16 -0800 (PST)
- Just thought I would ask if anyone had some good suggestions as to reducing the engine heat on my Tiger MK I. I am relatively new to Tigers but have owned a number of British sports cars, most all of
- /html/tigers/1997-03/msg00076.html (9,491 bytes)
- 2. Re: Cooling a Hot 260 (score: 1)
- Author: Alvin Johnson <johnson@ids.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 06:48:06 -0500
- If its a bored-out 260, it will NEVER run cool, no matter what you do. A thin-wall engine like the 260 can't survive a bore to 289 specs. Solution is a new short block. If its a stock 260, they are a
- /html/tigers/1997-03/msg00078.html (7,161 bytes)
- 3. Re: Cooling a Hot 260 (score: 1)
- Author: "Ed E. Powell" <102430.3640@CompuServe.COM>
- Date: 11 Mar 97 12:00:27 EST
- guarantees of success) Yeah. I've got a new radiator in my machine. Built special, with an additional row for more cooling power. Seems to have largely resolved the problem. Even when the machine wa
- /html/tigers/1997-03/msg00081.html (7,084 bytes)
- 4. Re: Cooling a Hot 260 (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Burr <tigerpb@ids.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 15:19:02 +0000
- Ed; before you go nuts with the radiator etc... route, try this. Have you checked the calibration of the temp. gauge? I changed the Lucas voltage stabilizer ( supplies TEN volts(!) to the temp. and g
- /html/tigers/1997-03/msg00084.html (6,959 bytes)
- 5. Re: Cooling a Hot 260 (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Hall <modtiger@engravers.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 20:58:17 -0800 (PST)
- As others have mentioned, over bored small blocks are very difficult to cool under any circumstances. Stock bore or 0.030 over should be the limit. One of the cooling alterations I recommend (WARNING
- /html/tigers/1997-03/msg00093.html (9,044 bytes)
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