[Healeys] Fw: thermostat discussion - Part 2

Curt/Nancy Arndt cnaarndt at gmail.com
Thu Jul 16 21:14:38 MDT 2009


Alan

I believe the symbol at the end of  Dallas' post  *:^)* is "Tongue in
cheek."

Cheers,

Curt

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dallas -
>
> Not sure if you are joking with me so here goes:
>
> The cooling system is a closed system so it is sensitive to rate of coolant
> flow.  Too fast, it won't cool enough in the radiator, too slow it keeps
> the
> hot fluid in the motor too long.
>
> The radiator's heat exchanger is an open system, so the more cool air you
> get over it the better.  If you put your healey radiator on the top of a
> Saturn 5 rocket, for example, it would help it to keep your Healey very
> nice
> and cool, well at least before it ends up in space.
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Dallas Congleton <
> dcongleton at embarqmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Alan , with all that fan power will the air flow be too fast for heat
> > exchange ?
> >
> > :^)
> > Dallas
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