> I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem I used to wish
> for. ;) I
> took a head-clearing drive this afternoon out a twisty mountain road
> west of Denver.* Today ambient temperatures were probably 60-70F, and
> around town and on the highway the car ran -- as usual --
> somewhat shy
> of 185 on the dial. But while driving on the twisties (2nd/3rd gear,
> revs 3000-5000, 30-50 mph) the car ran especially cold with the temp
> gauge reading more like 130 or 140F. This was true both up
> and down the
> route. Coming home on the highway I was back up to normal,
> left of 185.
> So... is there a tuning problem that would cause my TR4 to run
> especially cool at higher revs? Or is this not a problem at all?
I don't know, but I have had similar experiences with my TR6 PI - the faster
I go, the cooler it runs. I have a feeling it's related to the increased air
flow through the radiator and engine bay in general. I recall driving to a
friend's house in the country at around the 70mph (~110km/h) mark and it ran
noticeably cooler than just putting about through the city at 37mph
(~60km/h). This is also remarkable given that the ambient temperature was
over 30 degrees Celcius (86F?) at the time so it wasn't a particularly cool
day...
> The car has a later TR4 radiator (no crank hole or long filler neck
> anymore), aluminum sheet radiator shroud (general design
> inspired by Joe
> Alexander), recently installed TR3 fan hub assembly (again thanks to
> Joe) with yellow fan (TRF), recently installed 160F new-style sleeved
> thermostat (Moss).
Well, the only change I had made to my cooling system was that I had a TR6
radiator rebuilt with the original top and bottom tanks, and a heavy duty
core (the radiator in it by the PO was from another Australian car, possibly
a Torana but difficult to tell). My TR6 doesn't even have a radiator shroud
either...
Could be this is reasonable behaviour on the part of the cooling system if
it's working well.
Frank Biedermann
69TR6 PI
Adelaide
AUSTRALIA
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