ya know there is one thing that no one has toutched upon and that is
relative humidity. that has a rather huge bearing upon a cooling system's
ability to exchange heat. dry climates tend to disipate less heat than
humid climates at the same temperature. drive across country changing dry
and wet climates and see for yourself. as for me? im pulling a trans out
of my van and rebuilding it tonight. hope i do not pull any stitches, i'm
pretty sore already!
chuck.
294,000 miles and finally broke something internally in the trans! now that
is getting my money's worth out of it!.... :)
----- Original Message -----
From Glen Byrns <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 10:09 PM
Subject: WP fan back on, results
> I couldn't get to the car parts store before closing last night, so no
> header wrap. Instead I put the 6-bladed wp fan back on. While it isn't
102
> today like it was yesterday, it is in the high 90's and the engine is
> staying noticeably cooler. I did take the time to clean up the edges of
the
> blades with a file and some sandpaper. The old model airplane trick of
> shaving a new 'prop' and rebalancing it.
>
> I really don't know if it is the air being washed over the engine or the
> greater efficiency of the pulling blades, but cooler is cooler. Today at
> lunch it stabilized at just over 185 deg. I punched it a bit on the way
> back to work and it still stayed below 190.
>
> Having tried the wp fan-less experiment for the last few weeks in 90+
> temperatures I conclude that it is no good for this climate. It might
work
> well on the coast or with a less hopped-up motor, but for me it resulted
in
> an average temperature increase of about 7-10 degrees.
>
> Regards,
> Glen Byrns
> '59 bugeye
>
>
>
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