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

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If you have a 180 degree T,stat & your engine is running 160 degrees on a cool day your T'stat must be broken!
Gary Hodson


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
To: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Jan 14, 2020 1:41 pm
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Over heating and adding additional core tubes to theexisting radiator

 I have a BJ8 with:
 
 - OEM radiator with 4-row 'Excel' core
 - Texas Cooler fan
 - recently rebuilt engine with approx. 6K miles--hot-tanked, properly tuned, etc.--and Robertshaw sleeved 180degF thermostat
 - Jet-Hot coated exhaust manifold
 
 ... and a BN2/100M with:
 
 - OEM radiator with 4-row 'Excel' core
 - OEM art deco fan
 - rebuilt engine with a couple thousand miles at most--still working on 'perfect' mixture--and garden-variety Stant 180degF thermostat
 - manifold with high-temp 'authentic color' paint only
 
 Both behave identically, i.e. will run 'cool'--160degF or less--on cool days, 180degF on 'typical' days (72degF), and both will get hot (over 200) sitting in traffic on typical or hotter days or pulling up a long grade.
 
 FWIW
 
 Bob
 
 
 
 
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