[Tigers] Hood louvers 2

[Tony Somebody]

Bruce- it doesnt sound like your Tiger is running hot at all and with the
timing advanced for better performnce, power wise, I think you have good
numbers. As for the people compartment- there are several things that help and
articles on HOW TO DO THEM available at the TU site, the TE/AE website and
from newsletters. The author of any article will be glad to refer you to where
his article can be read. The bad is most of it should have been done before
the engine and interior where installed but there are still several small
things that help. My friend MS and I drove my Mk1 from St.Louis to SUNI this
year. The car had not been driven for  quite a while and upon starting the
engine the heater core started leaking- so out it came, reroute the hoses, who
needs heat that time of year. well the ammount of hot air coming thru the
holes the heater hoses went thru, minus the heater core, we had the heat on,
so we stuffed paper towells to block the hot engine
 compartment air from going to the point of least resistance. Thats just an
example of any openings in the firwall that helps heat the people compartment.
I wont go into insulating the floorboards and or firewall etc. as the articles
you seek will cover those but you can do much to help lower the inside temps.
Some have even installed ac.I think cruise control helps the feet a ton.Your
baby, you burp it. Good luck.
TtT

--- On Sun, 10/4/09, Bruce MacDougall <camelot15 at verizon.net> wrote:

> From: Bruce MacDougall <camelot15 at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Tigers] Hood louvers 2
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Date: Sunday, October 4, 2009, 4:38 AM
> After reading all the responses, and
> going thru TE/AE & Tigers United
> achieves I don't think louvers is the road I want to
> travel. I'm not a fan
> of oil film coating my windshield or me.
>
> The Tiger has a new FMS 302 crate motor, Tom Hall 5 speed,
> new distributor
> set to 20 degrees advance as suggested by Tom Hall, Dale A
> disc brakes,
> steering modifications & rear springs, posi rear end,
> Griffin radiator, fan
> shroud (original only), electric pusher fan and horn hole
> blockers.
>
> The car has been on the road just one year after sitting in
> my barn for 18
> and then undergoing 6 years of reconstructive surgery. It
> was TAC'd last
> year at the TE/AE United in DC. I worked a second job to
> pay for this toy,
> which is my second Tiger; Tiger #1 I bought in 1969 in San
> Diego and sold in
> 1972 before I moved to NYC. What a mistake - selling the
> Tiger.
>
> Under "normal" conditions, not sitting in traffic
> idling,  the temp stays
> between 180 and 190. On more humid days, I live in
> Massachusetts, it tends
> to run hotter, although I have yet to see it puke out anti
> freeze. The
> people compartment sure gets toasty.
>
> I'm planning an extensive 6 to 7 week around-the-country
> road trip with the
> Tiger next year, hence the questions about louvers to
> remove excessive heat.
> I've got to make the trip soon before I forget how to drive
> and they take my
> license away. I can't be driving down the road with my
> blinker on.
>
> After all this I think my best option is to follow closely
> the majority
> advice from the list: Don't reinvent the wheel, do all the
> steps already
> proven successful and complete the fan shroud.
>
> A question to Michael King: What is tunneling the valance?
>
> Thank you all. Bruce MacDougall
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