[DeTomaso] gumball pantera purging air from cooling system
Dave McManus
dave at damardirect.com
Mon Oct 17 10:12:40 EDT 2011
Bob, hope you get the cooling issue sorted out.
Motion Speed Shop is one of the most famous in the US. Their claim to fame,
the famous Baldwin Motion Chevrolet cars. Baldwin was the Chevrolet dealer.
http://www.officialbaldwinmotion.com/history.htm
IndyDave
-----Original Message-----
From: LEVITT1946 at aol.com [mailto:LEVITT1946 at aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 12:46 PM
To: detomaso at list.realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] gumball pantera purging air from cooling system
Dear Friends,
My Cooling system is set up as follows;
fluidyne radiator leaning forward
sucker fans on ALL the time
Antifreeze 50/50 blend
New High Flow Water pump
160 thermostat( correct for cleveland)
I Used this tool to suck all air out of system and put the antifreeze back
in:
UView 550000 Airlift Cooling System Leak Checker and Airlock Purge Tool Kit
On the open road the car runs at a steady 180. As soon as I get into stop
and go traffic or go from waiting at red lights I can see the temp gauge
start climbing 220 plus . In the heat of the summer months I feel like the
car is ready to blow hoses.
I have read that guys here in the group have cars that sit in the desert
sun all day and the temp gauge barely moves. Either their gauges are broken
or I have a system that the antifreeze is just not flowing and cooling
.When I bought the car three years ago the guy said," If you are caught in
traffic ,just pull over". I refuse to believe that Detomaso designed the
car to
overheat. I see Ferrari's,Lambo's and Porsche run cool.So why can't the
Pantera?
I told my high temp issues to a guy last week at one of the cruise in's
and he said to me that back in the 70's and 80's he developed a system that
would lower the cooling temp by at least 20 degrees. He said that the
cleveland engine in a pantera leans down at the firewall and the heads will
always get air trapped at the rear of the head.(back of car) Causing there
airlock situation and therefore restricting flow.
What he does is drill a hole into each head and runs stainless lines to
the pressure tank or the the overflow tank,I forgot which one.
Does this make sense to anyone ? Has anyone every done this and had
success?
This guy did not seem like a typical back yard mechanic .He designed this
process while he was working for a speed shop out here in New York called
Motion.
Please let me know your thoughts .
Regards,
Bob Levitt
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