[TPR] HOT ROAD TEST - thermostat & cooling fan

[Mad Dog Antenucci]

Bwahaha....yea the LIST of  Xmas gifts grows by the hour. ;-]>
Thanks
 
Mad Dawg Antenucci 
Team Pantera Racing 
The 1st & still the only vintage race team in open road racing 
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From: David in Durango <adin at frontier.net>
To: Mad Dog Antenucci <teampantera at yahoo.com>; tpr at teampanteraracing.com
Cc: art stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>; ddrenske at murraycompany.com
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TPR] HOT ROAD TEST - thermostat & cooling fan


 
MD,
Everything seems to be under control - get that fan working!
 
"Everybody" says oil/water should run about 210 (non of my stuff runs that 
hot) to "boil" off condensation - I believe long drives at 180 should be 
fine.  Something to think about if you worry about that stuff.
 
Have fun at crapple - those new Ipad2 gizmos make great gifts for the race 
team. . . . . . 
 
cheers,
 
David in Durango
----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Mad Dog  Antenucci 
>To: tpr at teampanteraracing.com 
>Cc: art stephens ; ddrenske at murraycompany.com 
>Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 2:14  PM
>Subject: [TPR] HOT ROAD TEST - thermostat  & cooling fan
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>Road Test after adding 180 thermostat...here's  results...
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>It got to a blistering 74F at noon today  :-]>
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>So Idecided to get in heavy midday traffic and see if I could warm  it up.
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>1.   It did not warm up any faster (replacing  the 160F  with 180F)
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>2.   It slowly made it to 180F rather then 160 so that is a  BIG plus
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>3.02 temp was slow to 180F but stayed at 180-190 long as I  was moving...was thinking maybe air in system...
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>4.I sat  in traffic going no where and watched water temp slowly go to 200 thenstopped at 200F......I flipped the cooling fan switch on to be  safe....cars started moving again and so did I.....temp stayed at 200 but soon  as I got home (total trip 25 minutes) and parked the water temp then went to  210-220 but no higher....I got out to check the COOLING or cooking fan and it  wasn't moving.....shut engine down. . .Restart engine, check again and cooling  fan NOT going on which it should have.
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>5.Probable cause- I hit some debris coming back from Reno in June  which wedged itself between back of radiator and cooling fan which I stopped  to dig out...and probably disconnected cooling fan wire when that  happened.....
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>In summary while the coolant did not go to 170 or 180F any faster  it did get there eventually which it would NOT do before with the 160  thermostat on the street driving....so happy about that.
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>Otherwise guys I am packing and getting ready to leave for Bay Area  to start new project.....will be in touch in next week. Thanks again to Art  for his invaluable hands on wrenching help and to all those who sent  emails....
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>In any case I should be READY to run SS. I have NEVER  seen  water temps above 180F  at WOT or at least I haven't in 3 years since  Dick added the  Ron Davis cup radiator. 
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>See ya
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>Mad Dawg Antenucci 
>Team Pantera Racing 
>The 1st & still  the only vintage race team in open road racing 
>www.teampanteraracing.com
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