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taking out radiator - cooling options
ricardo1967:
--- Quote from: FEDNV on January 26, 2015, 09:39:47 AM ---...
but I guess I could always drain it and refill with cool fresh water if needed between rounds.
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I wouldn't do that, as head gaskets and such may not like the thermal shock. In other hand, this may not be too different from the stationary radiator on a trailer...
GlennLever:
With the stationary radiator in the trailer there would be water in the block.
With the setup that I saw he was using air hoses as his quick connect/disconnect (small diameter).
With the small diameter hoses and the long length of hoses the thermo shock would be quite mild.
dreracecar:
Iron or alu heads??? I run a waterpump (River Rat---fuel pump extention--cam driven) on a blown alky deal (heads only) and then I know people that dont and they run fine dry. Heard the Hot Spot story before, never paid attention to it when running injected and was never a problem. There is a NE-1 page on FB , talk to the racers on there
husker-rat:
I would not change it. If it was working before why change it? Too many variables when doing such a change. You will be spending more time changing things than what you will gain. I tried this on a D/ED in the 70's and ended up putting it all back on. Just my 2 cents worth.
Paul New:
--- Quote from: dreracecar on January 26, 2015, 11:26:12 AM ---Iron or alu heads??? I run a waterpump (River Rat---fuel pump extention--cam driven) on a blown alky deal (heads only) and then I know people that dont and they run fine dry. Heard the Hot Spot story before, never paid attention to it when running injected and was never a problem. There is a NE-1 page on FB , talk to the racers on there
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I have been running the river rat pump for 10+ years on my blown Alky sbc
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