[DeTomaso] Radiator Tube Insulation

Kirby Schrader kirbyschrader at mac.com
Fri Jul 24 14:08:35 EDT 2015


That's an old link...
I had to move things around when I updated the website.

Look at the side and click on technical info.
You will see the article in the second list.

Sorry about that...
Kirby

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> On Jul 24, 2015, at 12:36, Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
> 
>  If you look at John Taphorn's cooling update article, you can see where
>  he takes the hot water for the heater from the radiator lines in the
>  nose:
>  [1]http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/Technical/Pantera_Cooling-JTaphorn.
>  pdf
>  In general, it seems like John's approach is a worthwhile improvement,
>  but maybe more work that you want to do.
>  Ken
>    __________________________________________________________________
> 
>  From: John McKee <johnmckee at cox.net>
>  To: Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>  Cc: De Tomaso List <detomaso at poca.com>; Paul Timko <thedrol at pobox.com>
>  Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 9:53 AM
>  Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Radiator Tube Insulation
>  The heater tubes inside the car definitely can bring the heat but
>  insulating the bottom of the car above the radiator tubes seems like a
>  valid thought. Anybody ever done this and have a seat of the pants
>  comparison?
>  Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID
>  On Jul 24, 2015 9:35 AM, Julian Kift <[2]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>  wrote:
>> 
>> On the L cars the heater tubes go through the center console (I
>  believe on earlier cars they may have been in the rocker). The usual
>  way to prevent heat from these  is to install heater shut off valves in
>  the engine bay just prior to where they enter the cabin.
>> 
>> Julian
>> 
>>> To: [3]detomaso at poca.com
>>> From: [4]thedrol at pobox.com
>>> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:27:31 -0500
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Radiator Tube Insulation
>>> 
>>> So I'm getting a few items together before I get my car back on the
>>> road.  Way back when I used to drive my car, I noticed significant
>  heat
>>> coming into the cabin from the radiator tubes that pass under the
>  shifter.
>>> 
>>> What is the best solution to keep this heat out?
>>> Should I put some aluminizied heat barrier between the tubes and
>  the
>>> bottom of the car?
>>> Or does it go under the center console inside the car?
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> #9270
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>>  On the L cars the heater tubes go through the center console (I
>  believe
>>  on earlier cars they may have been in the rocker). The usual way
>  to
>>  prevent heat from these  is to install heater shut off valves in
>  the
>>  engine bay just prior to where they enter the cabin.
>> 
>>  Julian
>> 
>>> To: [7]detomaso at poca.com
>>> From: [8]thedrol at pobox.com
>>> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 11:27:31 -0500
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Radiator Tube Insulation
>>> 
>>> So I'm getting a few items together before I get my car back on
>  the
>>> road. Way back when I used to drive my car, I noticed
>  significant
>>  heat
>>> coming into the cabin from the radiator tubes that pass under
>  the
>>  shifter.
>>> 
>>> What is the best solution to keep this heat out?
>>> Should I put some aluminizied heat barrier between the tubes and
>  the
>>> bottom of the car?
>>> Or does it go under the center console inside the car?
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> #9270
>>> 
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>  1. http://www.spacecitypanteras.com/Technical/Pantera_Cooling-JTaphorn.pdf
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