[Spridgets] Heater Box Clips

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

There are two optimium temperatures:  one is optimum for economy, the  
other is optimum for power.  The cooler of the two is the optimum for  power.  A 
higher pressure rad cap raises the boiling point and provides a  higher 
temperature to be reached before coolant is lost.  The copper/brass  vertical 
flow radiators cannot be successfully operated at as high a pressure as  the 
crossflow. I'm not certain what the upper range of the aluminium alloy  
vertical flow rads are.
 
Yep, once the engine starts to lose coolant it's only ever going to get  
hotter, faster.
 
Weslake-Monza 1330
 
In a message dated 08/04/2010 21:50:36 GMT Daylight Time, davriker at nwi.net  
writes:

It  should be noted the factory didn't seem to think it was that big a deal 
to  have a heater, since it was an OPTION the first few years....

People  tend to freak out about the temperature they run their spridget at, 
and  every so often this comes up.  Keep in mind that the optimum 
temperature  
is actually somewhere above 212 degrees, or 100 c.  The cooling  system is 
pressurized, and anti-freeze/coolant is added to raise the  boiling point 
sufficiently to make opperation at temperatures between 200  and 220 
possible.  What you need to avoid is temperatures above about  230 degrees, 
as this will prompt the radiator cap to release  pressure.  Loss of coolant 
is a much bigger concern than the slightly  elevated opperating 
temperatures.