F'beam,
Recall one day a summer ago on a 90+ degree day in VA, together we
experienced what I thought was one of the most serious Tiger cooling
challenges, the Colonial Lighthouse for Blind Br car touring event. That
had us in a long procession of cars, stopping or often in go-slow modes
through several locals and Town of Vienna. Neither of us 'puked' (boiled
over!) yet I never saw temps on my gauge less than the 100C mark for the
duration of that run, often swinging to midway or more btwn the 100C and the
full pegged marks. I viewed this as normal operation for the conditions
imposed then as my cooling is all stock - the fan, radiator, shrouds, no
elec boost fan, no special under hood blocking to control air flow - and,
again, never any coolant pukes.
Yet, you already operate with some cooling advantages - a elec boost fan + a
LAT scooped & vented hood and perhaps have incorporated some of the air flow
control experiments. I'm curious just what happened/what conditions existed
at the time which resulted in "the Funbeam has objected once". I'm
suspicious that some very unusual circumstances occurred on that "once"
occasion where another type mechanical fan isn't going to buy you much
insurance against it happening again, old pal.
$0.02 worth from an old & moldy M.E.
> ----------
> From: FunbeamChuck[SMTP:FunbeamChuck@home.com]
> Reply To: FunbeamChuck
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 4:55 PM
> To: Tiger Mailing List
> Cc: mmiller3@stny.rr.com
> Subject: Ford Fans
>
> Listers,
> Funbeam Chuck is back lurking in the background gaining mucho knowledge
> from
> all of you technical Guru's and I thank you.
> In April, I moved to FL from Manassas, VA and am now experiencing the heat
> down here. Although I love it, the Funbeam has objected once. So... I
> looked
> for and found a source for the "hard to find" Ford 15" asymmetrical 6
> bladed
> fan, C9DZ-8600-A. Mark Miller of Miller Obsolete Parts has 2 left. I
> received mine today and even though he advertises them as NOS, it doesn't
> have the Ford part number stamped on the blades as I saw on John Webber's
> fan. It appears to be the same, though. The center hole needs to be
> drilled
> out to fit my 260 and the blades cut 1/2 in, but it is nicely curved and
> is
> new. It is probably a reproduction as Mark said he got three in, and could
> possibly get more. He charged me $111 + $7 Shipping.
>
> If anyone is interested, I got mine from Mark Miller of:
> Miller Obsolete Parts
> 1329 Campus Drive
> Vestal, NY 13850-4002
> 607-722-5371 (PH)
> 607-770-9117 (Fax)
> mmiller3@stny.rr.com
>
> All the Best,
> FunbeamChuck
> B382001278
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