Kas....
When I was a teen... I came up with a different use for the windshield washer
pump in my TR 4A... I rotated the little jets on the wipers outward... so that
they aimed forward about 40 degrees toward the front of the car.... When
someone tailgated me, particularly with their brights on... I would "push the
plunger a few times...on every straight"....
As long as I did it while the car was in motion, the water stream would go up
and over the cockpit and land perfectly down, like a flock of seagulls
urinating, on the car behind me... and no one could ever see the
source...the stream was quite invisible... so it never escalated things or
caused road-rage... I just had fun watching the guy slow down and look around,
puzzled... particularly if he was in a convertible himself...
I don't think I ever had those little jets aiming at my windshield.....
--Justin
R. Kastner wrote:
> This system works great with race cars also. With the first TR-4 car driven
> by Charlie Gates we had a lot of over heating due to the small size of the
> stock radiator and in those days you were not allowed to enlarge the
> radiator. I drilled small holes in a piece of brass tuning and mount this
> in the verticle center of the grill pointing at the radiator, then attached
> the hose from the windshield washer. This model TR-4 had a little hand pump
> that operated from the dash ( non-electric) and so on every straight Charlie
> would push the plunger a few times and wet the rad and it worked fantastic.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jmwagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>
> To: <Gt6steve@aol.com>
> Cc: <FOT@autox.team.net>; <Vintage-race@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Cooling
>
> > Steve...
> >
> > I grew up with motor homes... we had a great "fix" to get us over the
> humps of
> > high mountains... even with the A/C on....
> >
> > We bought a CHEAP windshield washer kit from an auto parts store... and
> put the
> > spray nozzles in front of the radiator. We mounted the plastic water
> container
> > in such a place that we could refill it WHILE driving from the inside of
> the
> > motor home. When the motor started to get hot... we just turned it
> on... it
> > sprayed water lightly onto the radiator (not in great enough amounts to
> cause
> > problems...) and we would just refill it as we went.... it might take 3
> gallons
> > of water to get us over a mountain range... but it was sure nice to keep
> the
> > motor home air conditioned and driving 70 mph w/o overheating... it was
> sure a
> > lot cheaper than trying to upgrade equipment that otherwise worked fine...
> >
> > Just food for thought.... these days.. you could probably buy those
> little
> > spray nozzles from a Home Depot or Garden center... that sprays the water
> in a
> > very fine mist... this would improve the overall design... combining a
> cheap 12V
> > windshield wiper pump and holding tank with the mist nozzles.
> >
> > --Justin Wagner
> >
> > Gt6steve@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all, it's summer towing again in the desert. Can anybody supply
> or
> > > point me to calculations for radiator sizing and especially Trans
> cooling
> > > sizes for the motorhomes we haul with. I climb several mountains (1000
> ft to
> > > 4500ft) to get to any race I attend and have cooling issues. I try to
> avoid
> > > the high heat of the afternoon (110F) but climbing in the 80-90 F temps
> are
> > > typical. The reason I ask is that I'm considering taking the trans
> cooling
> > > off the rad and putting in a heat exchanger with it's own fan. I'll
> welcome
> > > any observations...Steve
> >
> >
> >
> >
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