[Tigers] engine ancillaries

Steve Laifman SLaifman at SoCal.rr.com
Fri Jun 13 11:19:00 MDT 2008


Right on, Mayf,

I am reminded of the Jaguar XK 120M at a Palm Springs race day Concour.  
It had the top brass tank stripped, and polished.  Maybe a clear coat as 
well.  Looked great, but the Jag cooling system is marginal at best, and 
it would overheat rapidly.  The original black coloring was for heat 
radiative emission, and that was destroyed.

"It's the heat, not the humidity" :-)

Steve

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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com



drmayf wrote:
> <----- snip ------>
> All three are needed.  Of course, when the horsepower is increased
> beyond that which the radiator can recover then the motor will run hot.
> The radiator, via the thermostat is the controller of the heat in the
> engine.  Take for example an engine run in very cold climates... they
> will hardly warm up because of the heat being carried away via
> convection and radiation.  Needless to say, the system needs to be well
> designed to do the job at hand.
>
> mayf


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