Bud, I've got 6 or 8 radiators here you can try...
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From: Bud Pazur [mailto:bpazur@excel.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 9:00 AM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Also Overheating
I too am plagued with overheating in my street Bugeye. It overheated with
the
stock 948, and now with the new 1275. I am at my wit's end. I tried a new
thermostat, now a blanking sleeve, I have correct timing, a 6-blade fan, a
new Mo$$ 948 radiator, I use water plus water-wetter, but nothing works. I
tried an electric fan - worthless. The engine quickly reaches 190 F and
starts stalling at stop signs(and I have a heat shield). Then the temp keeps
rising. The bonnet has the intake sheet metal.
I am starting to think the radiator is defective in some way. Should I buy a
1275 cross flow radiator? Will it mount in my Bugeye the way the 948
radiator
does(the 1275 radiator illustration in Moss looks completely different from
the 948 vertical flow)? Who sells a quality radiator? How about an oil
cooler?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Bud Pazur
'60 Bugeye - Street Car - 1275cc - 'Whitey'
Race Bugeye - 948cc - 'Redd'
Race Spridget - 1275cc - 'SilverStreak'
"The Buddha ... resides as comfortably in the gears of a ...transmission as
he does in the petals of a flower."
- Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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