[Healeys] Over heating and adding additional core tubes to theexisting radiator

[Kees Oudesluijs]

Did you also check the ignition timing and fuel mixture? A lean engine 
gets hot so does incorrect timing of the ignition.

Kees Oudesluijs



Op 14-1-2020 om 18:24 schreef Robert Begani:
>
> I agree with you, however, this is south Florida where a cool winter 
> day is today, where the temperature is currently 79 degrees and rising 
> to a high of 83 degrees with a se wind at 7 mph.  Great for a day sail 
> on the Harbor which I will do in the next hour.  However, it does make 
> driving a hot car fun. There is not enough cooling capacity in the 
> stock radiator to handle hot climates and have to stop and go because 
> the temperature does not go down only up.  So the next step is to 
> re-core the radiator.  The local radiator guy knows the problem and 
> for $500 will provide new core using the old tanks which will give at 
> least 50% more cooling capacity.  This is a SKI purchase.  Spend the 
> Kids Inheritance.  Then I will think about wrapping the exhaust 
> manifolds and headers to stop vapor lock.
>
> What do you think about Push and Pull?  Take off the engine fan?
>
> By the way, I know the engine machine shop boiled out, oil bathed, 
> everything in the engine during his machining of the engine to bring 
> it up to specifications.  He knows what to do.  The only modification 
> is the 20 over pistons.
>
> Why do other Healey’s with a stock radiator not have this problem, who 
> knows?
>
> Bob
>
> *From:* Perry <healeyguy at aol.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 14, 2020 11:47 AM
> *To:* Robert Begani <rfbegani at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* RE: [Healeys] Over heating and adding additional core tubes 
> to theexisting radiator
>
> Bob
>
> With the extras that you have added to facilitate the airflow the car 
> should be running much cooler than 212, even with a stock radiator. 
> There is something else amiss in the equation.
>
> Perry
>
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for 
> Windows 10
>
> *From: *Robert Begani <mailto:rfbegani at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, January 14, 2020 11:23 AM
> *To: *'Perry' <mailto:healeyguy at aol.com>
> *Subject: *RE: [Healeys] Over heating and adding additional core tubes 
> to theexisting radiator
>
> Hi Perry:
>
> I do not remember the CFM, however, it is the Hayden Fan offered by 
> Moss with the largest diameter to fit the radiator.  As a pusher it 
> really pushes air through the engine compartment at low speeds and 
> standing still. I still have an original Texas 6 blade fan on the 
> engine.  As I was searching overheating problems, one reference 
> indicated that is not recommended as they act against each other.
>
> Bob
>
>
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