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Since cooling is a recurrent and much discussed subject, here is the most comprehensive write up I have yet found on the subject. Enjoy. Guy
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Cooling 101 - The Ultimate Guide
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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).
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.
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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.
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Thank you Michael.
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Patrick - Cape International in the UK now owned by AH Spares used to make radiator perimeter shrouds for big Healeys. Here is an article on shrouding and cooling specifically for Healeys that may be useful.
Cooling/Heater ā Valve Chatter
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Patrick--
I now have the baffle patterns but they are too large for my home scanner so I will have to take them to Staples for scanning. Is there is a way I can post the scans--or a link to them--whereby people would be able to enlarge the images to 100% scale for patterning?
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Thank you Mike!
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My BT7 with rally ducting and fender vents doesnāt overheat even in the hottest weather . The ducting really funnels the air into the rad . Both my BJ8s used to have issues in really hot weather even with upgraded radiators (extra coolant passes) .
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> New photo ĆĀ· Wednesday, Dec 22, 2010 Ć°Āø <
> New photo ĆĀ· Thursday, Dec 30, 2010 Ć°Āø <
> New photo ĆĀ· Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 Ć°Āø <
> New photo ĆĀ· Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 Ć°Āø <
> Nuova foto ĆĀ· Domenica 23 dicembre 2012 Ć°Āø <
VENTILATORE MANUALE e TERMOCONTROLLO (e FENDINEBBIA)
La mia 100/6 ha lo stesso telaio in alluminio dell'AH Raly Car. Ho anche aggiunto una grande ventola elettrica (termocontrollata) prima del radiatore.
Radiatore del radiatore dell'olio e ventola TEXAS completano la mia difesa contro Surheath
L'estate in Italia puĆ² essere molto CALDA e scalare le Alpi puĆ² essere molto DIFFICILE
> New photo ĆĀ· Thursday, Dec 30, 2010 Ć°Āø <
> New photo ĆĀ· Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 Ć°Āø <
> New photo ĆĀ· Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 Ć°Āø <
> Nuova foto ĆĀ· Domenica 23 dicembre 2012 Ć°Āø <
VENTILATORE MANUALE e TERMOCONTROLLO (e FENDINEBBIA)
La mia 100/6 ha lo stesso telaio in alluminio dell'AH Raly Car. Ho anche aggiunto una grande ventola elettrica (termocontrollata) prima del radiatore.
Radiatore del radiatore dell'olio e ventola TEXAS completano la mia difesa contro Surheath
L'estate in Italia puĆ² essere molto CALDA e scalare le Alpi puĆ² essere molto DIFFICILE
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All--
I had all of the patterns scanned at Staples in full-size so there would be no need to scale them up. They are first=class, showing all dimensions, the lines for the brakes or welds depending upon what material you would want to use, etc.
Because of some of the pieces' dimensions some had to be scanned on a large flat-bed screen resulting in three files, all being too large at 18.5, 23 and 33.4 mb's to post onto the forum according to the message I get when I push "send".
I asked Basil if there was a way I could post them but have not heard back from him, but if anytone has an idea as to how/where the files could be posted I'd be happy to do that.
I had all of the patterns scanned at Staples in full-size so there would be no need to scale them up. They are first=class, showing all dimensions, the lines for the brakes or welds depending upon what material you would want to use, etc.
Because of some of the pieces' dimensions some had to be scanned on a large flat-bed screen resulting in three files, all being too large at 18.5, 23 and 33.4 mb's to post onto the forum according to the message I get when I push "send".
I asked Basil if there was a way I could post them but have not heard back from him, but if anytone has an idea as to how/where the files could be posted I'd be happy to do that.
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I used to post large files to Dropbox for download. They used to have a 'free' account, with limits of course, but I haven't used them in years.
Followup: I just checked; they have a 'basic' service for up to 2GB. NFI.
Followup: I just checked; they have a 'basic' service for up to 2GB. NFI.
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What about zip file?
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You might be able to add them to the "Media" section.
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Patrick--
Please find three files attached. For whatever reason I was not able to get them into zip format but I believe the files are now compressed without the scale having been affected, so that they show the original full size of all of the panels.
The person at Staples said that because several of the pieces were too big to scan on a letter-size scanner and required a larger scanner they would have to be, in turn, printed on one of their larger printers.
I hope this is of help and if not perhaps there is another resource.
Please find three files attached. For whatever reason I was not able to get them into zip format but I believe the files are now compressed without the scale having been affected, so that they show the original full size of all of the panels.
The person at Staples said that because several of the pieces were too big to scan on a letter-size scanner and required a larger scanner they would have to be, in turn, printed on one of their larger printers.
I hope this is of help and if not perhaps there is another resource.
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I canāt open the attachments on my iPad so Iāll try on my PC ext.
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I clicked on it until I got options, the I selected ācopyā and inserted it into an email to myself and it opened up in Adobe and I was able to see the attachment contents.