[DeTomaso] main water tubes

[SOBill at aol.com]

Thomas,
 
Thanks for the input.
 
If need be, I'll try the regular snap on insulation that is  made to fit 1 
1/4 tubing.
 
Simple, readily available, cheap.
 
Have fun,
 
SOBill  Taylor
sobill at aol.com  

 
In a message dated 6/18/2008 11:40:57 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se writes:

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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