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

[Will Kooiman]

By the way, my fans were broken for about 2 years and I didn't even know it
- in the 90-100 Houston-Dallas heat.

It finally overheated in a traffic jam - not bad, just some steam and a
quick stop at a gas station.

I started watching the gauges more closely after that.  It took about 15-20
minutes of below 20mph traffic to make the needle move too far for comfort.

The gauges are manual Autometer.  I'm confident they're correct.  With the
Shaw thermostat, it stops spot on 180deg.  It was close to 180deg with the
previous thermostat, but I don't remember where it stopped.

Will.


-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Mad Dog Antenucci
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 11:21 PM
To: MikeLDrew at aol.com; red3644 at hotmail.com; JDeRyke at aol.com;
wdemelo at cogeco.ca; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Lay down rad or -WHY DO YOU NEED COOLING FANS???

Mikey,

Believe it. In the hotest Santa Monica-LA crawl the highest temp we have
seen is 210F with a rolling average that comes down right now to 190F as
measured with with two gauges and a thermal gun by Dick Drenske.

As usual you don't know what the hell you are talking about so you make up
an answer that will continue to justify bad advise on this List...don't take
it personally.. ;-]> 


 

MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote: 
 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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