you need more air circulation...use a 5 or 6 bladed plastic fan from a V6
(bolts on) or get and electric fan to assist.. the stock alpine fan should
be tossed where it won't hurt someone (mine came through the hood one night
and broke the water pump off the front of the engine!
-----Original Message-----
From: robert nanzig <rnanzig(at)webtv.net>
To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 9:39 PM
Subject: cooling system
>A few days ago my wife was trading stories at work with a couple of
>women. The first was marvelling at the delicious meal her husband had
>prepared the evening before. The second said she came in the house,
>could smell something cooking, and looked on the stove to see a bubbling
>pot of delicious white chili. My wife then chipped in by saying she came
>in the house, saw Rob standing over a bubbling pot on the stove , looked
>in it and saw two thermostats from his Alpine. Lucky lady,eh?
>
>Why does my SV overheat on a hot day ? This only happens if the car is
>not moving down the road ie,idling in the driveway,stuck in slow
>traffic. The radiator has been rebuilt with a 3 row core. The tubes are
>spaced 7/16" and there are 14 fins per inch.Did I overdo it on the
>density of the core? The thermostat opens at 195 degrees, my wife can
>testify to that. Do water pumps loose their efficiancy over time, or do
>they simply fail when their time has come? Is overheating
>characteristic of Alpines? I would like to solve this before hot weather
>returns to Michigan.
>
>
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