Dave,
If you're not carrying a passenger (and even if you are), open the heater
valve and turn the fan on high. Amazing how much heat transference takes
place via heater. Be sure the compartment flap is open, BTW.
Did you try gauges besides OEM Bugeye? When compared to a "good" gauge, my
Smith was 13 degrees high, as were two others ('50's version of a built in
safety margin). When you say "hot", is your engine making "boiling"
noises...that's hot!
Check your ignition timing. Being off a few degrees can be enough to make
an engine run hot, especially 'retarded'.
What plugs are you running?
Try Redline's "Water Wetter" for additional reduction. Water, alone, tends
to make an engine run hotter.
You said you installed an electric fan, but it only helps if the engine is
off. Could it be restricting air flow while driving?
If you are using a stock Bugeye radiator, it does have the attached
shrouding, right?
Thermostat functional?
Just my two cents. Good luck
WFO Herb
Keep the sticky side down!
>From: "Dave Yealy" <lbc@littlebitcountry.com>
>Subject: Heat problems
>What can I do to eliminate the heat problem with my bugeye? I know it has
>been hot around here but I tried taking the car out on a cool night (75
>degrees) and the temp guage still reads a constant 200 degrees (I tried
>different guages) with steady driving, 50/55mph, even higher in town, there
>are no cities around here. It doesn't seem to matter if it is cool out or
>not. I installed an electric fan with a temp sensor to come on around 185
>to help but it only helps if I have the engine off. I took the grille off
>to
>see if that would make a difference, it made a very small difference. I've
>had the radiator gone over by a radiator shop and all they found was a real
>small pinhole leak that they fixed.
>Would an oil cooler help the situation or should I install an auxilary
>radiator behind the main one?
>
>Dave
>60 Bugeye
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