[DeTomaso] main water tubes

[Thomas Tornblom]

Maybe wrapping the tubes up in Armaflex insulation would be a good thing?

Cheers,
Thomas

JDeRyke at aol.com skrev:
> In a message dated 6/18/08 9:18:48 AM, SOBill at aol.com writes:
> 
>> I don't think the main cooling tubes can radiate or conduct much  heat into 
>> the interior.
>>
> But they do. The prototype Pantera had the main water tubes running up in the 
> console and the radiated heat from plain steel tubes was bad enough to force 
> drivers out of the car. They lowered the tubes in production cars, but on hot 
> days, the gearshift lever still gets too hot to touch. Even leaving the 
> gearshift boot out on a road car causes a noticable increase in cabin heat. A couple 
> of guys tried aluminum water tubes in the '80s and that caused the cabin 
> heating to be very bad. Maybe if you add some sort of heat-reflective material 
> around the tunnel under the car? If you still try this, let us know how it works 
> without the A/C cranked all the way on. Thanks- J Deryke
> 
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