Teds idea is spot -on..........keep in touch with us.......I like progress reports. Helps keep me motivated
regards MaX
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| Author: | Volare4life [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | choosing the right T-stat/heat blocking carb |
Hey guys just wondering which T-stat to pick, told the kid at the parts store I wanted a 180deg, and I checked the P/N after I got home, and he gave me a F@&$ing 195 WTF ??!!, Its silly hot (FL summer weather) with everyday last week hitting well over 90 out i figured 180 would be a fair compromise, but a 160 is also available, would it hurt anything to run a 160 ??? ( I also have a pretty sweet cooling fan I got from a buddy of mine from the BMW he works at so that will be installed as well) second question, I have a cliffy 4BBl mani and was going to run the eddy carb (hey it was free and really only cost me about $23 for the rebuild kit) i wanted to run some kind of "heatsink" between the carb and mani but didn't know if I should run an aluminium spacer or a phelonic one, didn't know which would dissapate heat better, and I also saw teds aluminium plate set up, but didn't know which would be better, the plate or the spacer and which material, -Mike |
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| Author: | maxracer21 [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:36 am ] |
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The Plate............surface area will dissipate more heat faster than a spacer I personally use a wooden hand crafted spacer with an aluminum plate on top. Wood works better than ant thing you can buy. If you have the patience and a small jig saw it's basically free MaX |
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| Author: | Volare4life [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:40 am ] |
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how thick for each, and what would you use to sel the wood ?? epoxy resin ?? -Mike |
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| Author: | maxracer21 [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:48 am ] |
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I use a 1" wooden spacer (spray painted w/clear urethane) Krylon brand. For the aluminum heat spacer I use 1/4 X 4" X 8". Offset it to cover exhaust manifold. MaX |
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| Author: | Volare4life [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 8:52 am ] |
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cool now what emp t-stat should I be running ??? |
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| Author: | maxracer21 [ Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:46 am ] |
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If you are running a carb I'd use a 180 in hot weather 90 to 100 degrees In the winter 32 to 80 = 195 degrees where it's frigid 32 on down= 200 205 210 hope this helps MaX |
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| Author: | Volare4life [ Mon Jun 21, 2010 3:59 pm ] |
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yea i went with a 180deg, figured the electric fan can compensate, that an I have aggressive teds fan relay write up saved, -Mike |
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| Author: | maxracer21 [ Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | right way to go |
Teds idea is spot -on..........keep in touch with us.......I like progress reports. Helps keep me motivated regards MaX |
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| Author: | Volare4life [ Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:09 pm ] |
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I'll do what I can max, but it will probably end up in the ....So what did you get done on your slant today ??? section lol -Mike |
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| Author: | bigslant6fan [ Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:42 pm ] |
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yes I have 180 and 195 t-stats and I switch them summer and winter. |
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