Maybe it is time for Paul or Tom to offer a limited run of their =
radiator solutions to those of us on the list. I'm in the market for a =
better solution.
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From: Bob Palmer[SMTP:rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu]
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 1998 2:37 PM
To: RSpontelli
Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Under Hood Heat
Ramon, et al.,
Easy big guy!! Of course we're all nuts. Isn't "Sane Tiger Owner" an
oxymoron?? I think you may be exaggerating a good point though. =
However,
recalling way back to my "stock" Tiger, it did have what I would call a
heating problem, although one I lived with for many years. Installation =
of
the right radiator likely would have been all it took to solve the =
problem,
and obviated the need for blocking holes, etc., etc. However, that's not =
to
say that doing all these minor modifications don't do at least a little
good. Moreover, I think it's obvious that cooling has been a chronic
problem for Tigers from the beginning, since the factory rally cars also
sported vents and other cooling aids. Other cars with tight fitting =
engines
have also had the same problem.
Generally, I think as a group we've been doing a lot better these days =
in
the cooling area. It used to be that at the track, you could always =
count
on most of the Tigers collectively puking their coolant out. Now days, I
think that we are beginning to establish a better reputation, in this =
and
other regards as well, thanks to you and others that represent our mark
well in competitive events.
Maybe your real point is that we still can't get a really bitchin =
radiator
from CAT. That may or may not be true; I couldn't say since I have gone
another route. I don't think CAT parts have ever enjoyed a reputation =
for
being the best you can buy. Maybe in some cases the ONLY you can buy, =
but
not the BEST. This may be result of too many of us being more concerned
with cost than quality, but this is only part of the problem. At least =
with
radiators, there's nothing so unique about a Tiger that anyone can't go =
to
their local radiator shop and get something that will work and there =
have
been a lot of postings on this list of a variety of solutions that seem =
to
work. They do all require shelling out a fair hunk of change though. But
this is certainly not an area to try and save a few bucks. Better to =
skip a
few of the "go fast" parts if you have to give up something.
Bob
B9472134, SHO, etc.
At 02:00 AM 4/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I think you people are all nuts.
>
>Why don't you just bolt a 4 x 8-foot sheet of plyboard to the front of =
your
>cars, with just a radiator-size opening, right in front of the =
radiator?
>Just think of all the air that will make go through the radiator! And =
if
THAT
>doesn't keep your Tigers cool, then just go for two sheets!!! Yeah! =
One on
>each side!
>
>I wonder why the Air Force doesn't block off the front of their =
aircraft?
>Just think of all the free lift they are missing out on!
>
>Something must be wrong with our Tigers. Ours run cool. <Ok. With =
the
>3.73's, the autocrosser gets a little warm if I try to drive it out of =
town .
>. .> They have the original/oem/stock fans, the =
original/oem/stock/shrouds,
>original/oem/stock "horn hole openings" <horn hole openings?>, and no =
air
>dams, no elongated U-thingies, or other silly-such shit. Ok. One has =
an LAT
>hood. Both have really-neat radiators that Paul Reisentz had made for =
C.A.T.
>before "the club" decided they'd had enough of that sort of shit.
>
>I think you people who are blocking off holes and putting =
thing-a-ma-jigs
here
>and there have a problem alright. And I think that when you get done
blocking
>off holes and putting thing-a-ma-jigs here and there, you're still =
going to
>have a problem.
>
>Ramon
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