I think a high capacity radiator is a great idea. My '75 ran hot for years
and I tried all kinds of things none of which were very successful until I put
in one of the high capacity radiators that John Martin was selling. I haven't
had to worry about it running hot since.
I am skeptical that anything to improve mileage would help much. For one
thing, I doubt you could get any significant improvement for a reasonable
price. Most of us don't drive our Bricklins enough miles in a year for
improved mileage to save much money anyway.
Another idea is a five or six speed manual transmission conversion. It would
be more fun to drive with a manual.
The AC is a weak point. Terry already offers brackets to relocate the air box
and I think he has a higher speed blower motor. Is there more that could be
done? Maybe a more efficient compressor?
Scott Isensee
-----Original Message-----
From: John T. Blair <jblair1948@cox.net>
To: Bricklin@autox.team.net
Sent: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 5:25 pm
Subject: [Bricklin] what problems
Hey gang,
I was talking to Terry Tanner earlier today. We was asking me if I know of
any
areas that would make the car better. Any thing you all can think of.
A couple of things he and I were discussing were:
1. improving gas milage - he's working on a couple of ideas. Bottom line, is
if
we can get better gas milage, would people drive them more? Or would they
invest the money to update their car?
2. cooling. He is working on an all AL radiator to just drop in. While you
can
get a Griffin radiator, he's tried it in one of his cars. He said that it
really didn't
see to make it run any cooler. The one he's working on now does. I
should
mention that it's not a stock engine, so it needs more cooling than a
normal
75 Bricklin.
Can you all think of anthing that should be addressed? Areas that are
problems
on the Bricklin, like the electric door solenoids. He fixed that with the air
solenoids. Or fixing the vacuum headlight system, which he did with the air
operated headlight system.
What concerns do you all have?
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948@cox.net
Va. Beach, Va
Phone: (757) 495-8229
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