My 79 Spit (with a freshly boiled slant radiator, new hoses, pressure cap,
thermostat, and temp sender) runs right around the center mark on the
gauge. In traffic, the factory electric fan cuts on when the needle
reaches the 3/4 mark.
I wish the Stromberg carb was that consistant.
Atwell Haines
79 Spitfire
Succasunna NJ USA
At 10:22 AM 9/18/98 -0700, Laura G. wrote:
>I was just talking to Dave to other night about this-he said that it's ok at
>half and even at 3/4s-but if it started to go above the 3/4 mark I was to
>watch it and take precautions. I thought that the halfway mark was a little
>high and so drove around sometimes on these 90-100 degree days we were
>having -with the heater on!
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