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Midget cooling and funny mail

To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Midget cooling and funny mail
From: Michael Chaffee <mchaffee@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 1996 23:59:37 -0500 (CDT)
I have two things to discuss today.  First, my Midget is running warm.  
When the temperature is above 80-85 degrees F, the temp. runs a good deal 
higher than the thermostat temperature.  I know the radiator is good, and 
the block was just hot tanked about a year ago.  I am assuming that this 
problem is a result of the engine rebuild, during which time I put in 
much higher compression pistons; before, the temperature was always 
thermostat temp. and never more.  So my question is, is there a 
higher-capacity core that can be fitted to the late (x-flow) Spridget 
radiator?  I had my BMW's radiator recored from two rows to three, and 
this completely solved a running-warm problem I had with that car.

Also in the cooling vein, does anyone know what size oil cooler a Midget
needs for relatively hard (but far from brutal) street/autocross use? 
Cruising along on the highway at 4000-5000 rpm, the oil pressure sits at
55-60 psi for a while, then sinks to about 40.  Reducing speed causes the
oil pressure to move back up; I assume, therefore, that the oil is getting
a bit hot. 

In an unrelated issue, I have noticed that a number of messages to the 
list are not addressed to mgs@autox.team.net, but rather 
mgs%autox.team.net@aphub.aerojet.com or something like that.  I am 
assuming that someone on the list has to address their mail this way to 
get past a firewall or something, then people reply to his/her postings 
using the "reply to all recipients" option.  This causes mgs messages to 
get filtered to my personal inbox instead of my mgs folder, which is how 
I noticed it.  Mind you, I'm not complaining, but it wouldn't surprise me 
if aphub.aerojet.com (or whatever it is) didn't eventually balk at 
carrying quite a few such messages.

Thanks for any and all help!

Michael Chaffee
mchaffee@staff.uiuc.edu
[Note new address]

CCSO probably thinks I'm working right now.  What do you suppose they think
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