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Guido36

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Over the winter I had my engine completely rebuilt--torn down, hot tanked, etc. I also had installed a new Wizard AL radiator along with baffling directing the air through the radiator and not around it , etc.
Previously my car ran at around 180 and as with most Healeys was very quick to overheat (200+ indicated) in stop and go traffic for anything over 3-4 minutes, even with a Texas-cooler type fan and an auxiliary electric in front of the rad.
Now, even with ambient temperatures of 95 degrees the car runs at around 165 and does not get above 190 in traffic (Temperatures verified).
 
Michael Oritt said:
Over the winter I had my engine completely rebuilt--torn down, hot tanked, etc. I also had installed a new Wizard AL radiator along with baffling directing the air through the radiator and not around it , etc.
Previously my car ran at around 180 and as with most Healeys was very quick to overheat (200+ indicated) in stop and go traffic for anything over 3-4 minutes, even with a Texas-cooler type fan and an auxiliary electric in front of the rad.
Now, even with ambient temperatures of 95 degrees the car runs at around 165 and does not get above 190 in traffic (Temperatures verified).
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I would like to see photos of your baffling directing air through your radiator.
Thanks
 
Patrick--

I'm afraid that unless I removed the grill a photo would not show much but I will give it a try tomorrow.
I'll see if I can get the plans mailed back to me and have them scanned to share them.
 
As I suspected it is impossible to take a photo with the grill in place which shows anything.
I do have an endoscopic camera which attaches to my laptop and probably my IPhone as well.
The cable is semi-rigid and has a light on the end--I'll give it a try tomorrow.
 
Michael Oritt said:
Patrick--

I'm afraid that unless I removed the grill a photo would not show much but I will give it a try tomorrow.
I'll see if I can get the plans mailed back to me and have them scanned to share them.
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Patrick--

While I was able to pass the endoscope camera between the grille slats I had no way of controlling it, and in any case I doubt pictures would show you much that would be of help. However, if I am able to recover the patterns I'll certainly scan and post them.
 
Michael Oritt said:
Patrick--

While I was able to pass the endoscope camera between the grille slats I had no way of controlling it, and in any case I doubt pictures would show you much that would be of help. However, if I am able to recover the patterns I'll certainly scan and post them.
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Thank you Michael.
 
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