More new stuff for me to learn! May I ask what 'sand' is, and why it's in your
block? Did you get it at the beach? (Kidding).
Thx, Bill
Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com wrote:
> Here is a different take on it. I put in a deeper radiator and used to run
> a flex fan here in the Southern California San Fernando Valley, all year
> round. It gets over 100 here during the late summer. That used to do
> generally ok, but still would get quite hot on those ugly days and stop and
> go traffic.
>
> Since then, I have rebuilt the engine. This included dumping all that
> "sand" out of the block, putting on the Holbay head and going back to the
> stock 6 bladed fan. Now, it is like a tank. It never gets up near the
> limit. In fact on some cooler days, it seems not even to get as high as
> I'd think it should. I don't know what did it. I don't know if it was
> that "sand" or if the Holbay head is some how more efficient. All I know
> is the difference is amazing, and I'm not using a special fan.
>
> Jay
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