[DeTomaso] Lay down rad or -WHY DO YOU NEED COOLING FANS???

[Ken Green]

Mike,
 
I understand that what Dennis has seen is very unexpected, but I don't think he's had an engine failure for a while, and he's watching both water and oil temp.  If the water temp gauge was that far off, it's hard to believe he'd also see a low oil temp.
 
The only thing I can even stetch to suggest is that with hood vents to let air rise through the radiator and out the vents, he's getting a convective air flow even stationary.  Otherwise I have no idea why he's seeing what he's seeing.  also, aluminum is a great heat conductor, and the radiator is jammed in position, so maybe heat is also being conducted into the body?
 
Ken
 
 
 

--- On Fri, 6/13/08, MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

From: MikeLDrew at aol.com <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Lay down rad or -WHY DO YOU NEED COOLING FANS???
To: teampantera at yahoo.com, red3644 at hotmail.com, JDeRyke at aol.com, wdemelo at cogeco.ca, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 7:36 PM

In a message dated 6/13/08 13 32 9, teampantera at yahoo.com writes:


>   
>   I want to hear one person explain on this List why anyone needs cooling

> fans or shrouds IF they have a well designed cooling system with an
adequate 
> flow of water??????????
> 

Sounds like a certain knucklhead doggie has an inoperative water temperature 
gauge; perhaps that's why his motors are so short-lived?

Any car, any radiator, will overheat without airflow over the radiator.   You 
could hang Lake Michigan off the front of your car, and let it idle for a few 
minutes and it will overheat without airflow.

Mike


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