<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Great advice. Thank you. I got the electric fan retired to pull air into the radiator from grill opening. Going to try it out in a bit. Jim<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Mar 11, 2018, at 12:15 PM, Geo Hahn <<a href="mailto:ahwahneetr@gmail.com">ahwahneetr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Jim Henningsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trguy75@gmail.com" target="_blank">trguy75@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">1961 TR3A, stock motor setup, with stock radiator that includes crank hole.<br>
My temp even on a 68 degree day in Florida today runs at the mark between<br>
185 and 230. Assume 200 or a little higher?...</blockquote><div><br></div><div>In my opinion you have a problem that no fan will solve.</div><div><br></div><div>I routinely drive my TR3A (with a crank hole) in 100+ temps with no overheating or even the high temps you are seeing under much cooler conditions. But I have cleaned out the block, re-cored the radiator, mostly blocked the bypass, have a Tropical Fan and added an air-dam.</div><div><br></div><div>Some of those steps may be uneccessary but I suspect the radiator core and/or accumulation of crud in the block may be at the heart of the issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Also worthwhile to verify that your gauge is being truthful - get a second opinion with an IR thermometer.</div><div><br></div><div>Geo</div></div></div></div>
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