Hi Bruce,
Now aware of any shroud for that year MGB, the ones that I am aware of and
sell are for the earlier cars up to 1967 as well as one for MGA's. I have a
problem with my 71 as well and installed a blanking sleeve in place of the
thermostat during the warmer months and find that works very well.
Before doing that I also installed an electric fan that comes on at 185
degrees, which also provided a measure of cooling to the B. (I also have an
electric fan on my Magnette, but that does not seem to really help much).
One other thing that I do on all three of my MG's is during the warmer months
I use a mixture of 25-30% anti-freeze, half bottle of Water Wetter and the
balance water. This seems to provide better cooling over the traditional
50/50 mixture. Been doing this now for about 5 years and very happy with it.
I store the "winter" mixture for reuse and visa versa. I would try both of
the above suggestions before installing a cooling fan as they are a heck of a
lot less expensive ;)
Also double check your timing and carb mixture to make sure you are not
running to lean as both these can lead to a hotter running MG.
Best regards,
Jeff Zorn
Little British Car Co., Ltd.
Visit us on the web
www.LBCarCo.com
In a message dated 4/16/00 10:03:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
bburrows@webtv.net writes:
<< Subj: Shroud Question
Date: 4/16/00 10:03:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: bburrows@webtv.net (Bruce Burrows)
Sender: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
Reply-to: bburrows@webtv.net (Bruce Burrows)
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Here where I live we are beginning to get some warmer weather. Cooling
is always a concern for me with my MGB.
Is anyone out there aware of a simple shroud, probably plastic,
preferably in two pieces to ease installation, which is available for
the MGB? If such a thing exists, does anybody have any experiences to
report?
If a shroud is not available, probably the next easiest way to add a
little margin on the cooling side is with a couple of fans. My car has
neither shroud nor fans, so right now I am using my heater to pull heat
out of the system when there is too much remaining (i.e., on long uphill
pulls). But that technique really warms up the cockpit more than I
like.
Better me being too warm than the engine, though. :-)
Bruce Burrows
'59 MGA basket case
'60 Daimler SP 250
'61 Daimler SP 250
'73 MGB driver
My Dart website (not my cars!):
http://community-2.webtv.net/guardian45/THEDAIMLERSP250DART/
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