I have a question for a friend of mine who is not on line. He wants to
know how many teeth are on the flywheel of the 260 that came in the 1A
Tiger. I would like to contribute some info on possibly cooling the
Tiger a bit. I have not had too much a problem with my water temp. I
have a 289 with 351 Wis. heads, headers, throtle body fule injection,
&electronic ign., I added a oil temp. gage a couple of years ago and my
oil temp on the highway ran about 250. This seemed a litle high to me
and I did add a oil cooler. This did not improve the temp much, about
10 degrees. This winter I went to a Corvete show in Fl. and a guy was
selling alunimum finned oil coolers that fit around the oil filter. The
fins are about 1/4" and can be snapped off if there is a problem with
space. He claimed they will lower the oil temp. 10% to 20%. I did not
buy one but took the paper work with me. In March I ran across the
paper work and decided to shell out the $25.00 and ordered one. I
cann't believe the differance it has made so far! My oil temp., so far,
has not gone over 225. Normally my electric fan comes on before or
after I park my car, and now it doesn't. I have not had any real hot
weather yet, but it has made a differance in moderate tempatures. The
"Cool Collar" just raps around the filter and is held on with a hose
clamp. Very simple, but it seems to work. If any one is interested his
Phone # is 954-724-4510. This seems to be his home phone. The $25.00
included shipping. I do not remember his name. Don Johnson in N.
Carolina.
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