Epilogue
#54
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Re: followup - good operating temp and thermostat questions
We are powered by expanding gases, so the greater you may make that
difference between air temperature and the two thousand plus degrees at
explosion, the greater the power. I always richened the mixture by about
ten percent and made sure the total advance was at thirty eight degrees,
unusually that made me the winner over other stockers at the drag strip.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
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Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I always thought they ran them cold so they could advance the crap out
> of them and run lean and mean. That makes them get hot fast so every
> bit of cool helps.
>
> Mike
difference between air temperature and the two thousand plus degrees at
explosion, the greater the power. I always richened the mixture by about
ten percent and made sure the total advance was at thirty eight degrees,
unusually that made me the winner over other stockers at the drag strip.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I always thought they ran them cold so they could advance the crap out
> of them and run lean and mean. That makes them get hot fast so every
> bit of cool helps.
>
> Mike
#55
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Re: followup - good operating temp and thermostat questions
We are powered by expanding gases, so the greater you may make that
difference between air temperature and the two thousand plus degrees at
explosion, the greater the power. I always richened the mixture by about
ten percent and made sure the total advance was at thirty eight degrees,
unusually that made me the winner over other stockers at the drag strip.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I always thought they ran them cold so they could advance the crap out
> of them and run lean and mean. That makes them get hot fast so every
> bit of cool helps.
>
> Mike
difference between air temperature and the two thousand plus degrees at
explosion, the greater the power. I always richened the mixture by about
ten percent and made sure the total advance was at thirty eight degrees,
unusually that made me the winner over other stockers at the drag strip.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I always thought they ran them cold so they could advance the crap out
> of them and run lean and mean. That makes them get hot fast so every
> bit of cool helps.
>
> Mike
#56
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Posts: n/a
Re: followup - good operating temp and thermostat questions
We are powered by expanding gases, so the greater you may make that
difference between air temperature and the two thousand plus degrees at
explosion, the greater the power. I always richened the mixture by about
ten percent and made sure the total advance was at thirty eight degrees,
unusually that made me the winner over other stockers at the drag strip.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I always thought they ran them cold so they could advance the crap out
> of them and run lean and mean. That makes them get hot fast so every
> bit of cool helps.
>
> Mike
difference between air temperature and the two thousand plus degrees at
explosion, the greater the power. I always richened the mixture by about
ten percent and made sure the total advance was at thirty eight degrees,
unusually that made me the winner over other stockers at the drag strip.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I always thought they ran them cold so they could advance the crap out
> of them and run lean and mean. That makes them get hot fast so every
> bit of cool helps.
>
> Mike
#57
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Posts: n/a
Re: followup - good operating temp and thermostat questions
We are powered by expanding gases, so the greater you may make that
difference between air temperature and the two thousand plus degrees at
explosion, the greater the power. I always richened the mixture by about
ten percent and made sure the total advance was at thirty eight degrees,
unusually that made me the winner over other stockers at the drag strip.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I always thought they ran them cold so they could advance the crap out
> of them and run lean and mean. That makes them get hot fast so every
> bit of cool helps.
>
> Mike
difference between air temperature and the two thousand plus degrees at
explosion, the greater the power. I always richened the mixture by about
ten percent and made sure the total advance was at thirty eight degrees,
unusually that made me the winner over other stockers at the drag strip.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> I always thought they ran them cold so they could advance the crap out
> of them and run lean and mean. That makes them get hot fast so every
> bit of cool helps.
>
> Mike
#58
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Re: followup - good operating temp and thermostat questions
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in
news:409181DD.5E888305@sympatico.ca:
> It is supposed to have a 195 thermostat in it according to my manual
> so it runs at 'least' at 195 degrees...
>
> A 50/50 mix of antifreeze and water boils at 265 or more.
>
> 210 sounds right to me. That leaves a pile of room before you get
> close to the boil over point.
>
> You also need to note that the thermostats are notoriously not
> accurate....
>
> Mike
OK, I feel better after reading that. I flushed my radiator today and
then drained it completely, then put in a jug of antifreeze, then filled
that jug with water and added it, then put in about 1/3 of another jug
of water so I'm probably 40-45% antifreeze and the rest water right now.
I still wanna go through the procedure Chris outlined for me to set up
the air/fuel mixture before hitting the trails, but I have tomorrow off
from work so I should be on the trails by 10am or so. WHOO HOOOOOOO!
--
I can hammer it back into shape later...
:wq!
news:409181DD.5E888305@sympatico.ca:
> It is supposed to have a 195 thermostat in it according to my manual
> so it runs at 'least' at 195 degrees...
>
> A 50/50 mix of antifreeze and water boils at 265 or more.
>
> 210 sounds right to me. That leaves a pile of room before you get
> close to the boil over point.
>
> You also need to note that the thermostats are notoriously not
> accurate....
>
> Mike
OK, I feel better after reading that. I flushed my radiator today and
then drained it completely, then put in a jug of antifreeze, then filled
that jug with water and added it, then put in about 1/3 of another jug
of water so I'm probably 40-45% antifreeze and the rest water right now.
I still wanna go through the procedure Chris outlined for me to set up
the air/fuel mixture before hitting the trails, but I have tomorrow off
from work so I should be on the trails by 10am or so. WHOO HOOOOOOO!
--
I can hammer it back into shape later...
:wq!
#59
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Re: followup - good operating temp and thermostat questions
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in
news:409181DD.5E888305@sympatico.ca:
> It is supposed to have a 195 thermostat in it according to my manual
> so it runs at 'least' at 195 degrees...
>
> A 50/50 mix of antifreeze and water boils at 265 or more.
>
> 210 sounds right to me. That leaves a pile of room before you get
> close to the boil over point.
>
> You also need to note that the thermostats are notoriously not
> accurate....
>
> Mike
OK, I feel better after reading that. I flushed my radiator today and
then drained it completely, then put in a jug of antifreeze, then filled
that jug with water and added it, then put in about 1/3 of another jug
of water so I'm probably 40-45% antifreeze and the rest water right now.
I still wanna go through the procedure Chris outlined for me to set up
the air/fuel mixture before hitting the trails, but I have tomorrow off
from work so I should be on the trails by 10am or so. WHOO HOOOOOOO!
--
I can hammer it back into shape later...
:wq!
news:409181DD.5E888305@sympatico.ca:
> It is supposed to have a 195 thermostat in it according to my manual
> so it runs at 'least' at 195 degrees...
>
> A 50/50 mix of antifreeze and water boils at 265 or more.
>
> 210 sounds right to me. That leaves a pile of room before you get
> close to the boil over point.
>
> You also need to note that the thermostats are notoriously not
> accurate....
>
> Mike
OK, I feel better after reading that. I flushed my radiator today and
then drained it completely, then put in a jug of antifreeze, then filled
that jug with water and added it, then put in about 1/3 of another jug
of water so I'm probably 40-45% antifreeze and the rest water right now.
I still wanna go through the procedure Chris outlined for me to set up
the air/fuel mixture before hitting the trails, but I have tomorrow off
from work so I should be on the trails by 10am or so. WHOO HOOOOOOO!
--
I can hammer it back into shape later...
:wq!
#60
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Re: followup - good operating temp and thermostat questions
Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in
news:409181DD.5E888305@sympatico.ca:
> It is supposed to have a 195 thermostat in it according to my manual
> so it runs at 'least' at 195 degrees...
>
> A 50/50 mix of antifreeze and water boils at 265 or more.
>
> 210 sounds right to me. That leaves a pile of room before you get
> close to the boil over point.
>
> You also need to note that the thermostats are notoriously not
> accurate....
>
> Mike
OK, I feel better after reading that. I flushed my radiator today and
then drained it completely, then put in a jug of antifreeze, then filled
that jug with water and added it, then put in about 1/3 of another jug
of water so I'm probably 40-45% antifreeze and the rest water right now.
I still wanna go through the procedure Chris outlined for me to set up
the air/fuel mixture before hitting the trails, but I have tomorrow off
from work so I should be on the trails by 10am or so. WHOO HOOOOOOO!
--
I can hammer it back into shape later...
:wq!
news:409181DD.5E888305@sympatico.ca:
> It is supposed to have a 195 thermostat in it according to my manual
> so it runs at 'least' at 195 degrees...
>
> A 50/50 mix of antifreeze and water boils at 265 or more.
>
> 210 sounds right to me. That leaves a pile of room before you get
> close to the boil over point.
>
> You also need to note that the thermostats are notoriously not
> accurate....
>
> Mike
OK, I feel better after reading that. I flushed my radiator today and
then drained it completely, then put in a jug of antifreeze, then filled
that jug with water and added it, then put in about 1/3 of another jug
of water so I'm probably 40-45% antifreeze and the rest water right now.
I still wanna go through the procedure Chris outlined for me to set up
the air/fuel mixture before hitting the trails, but I have tomorrow off
from work so I should be on the trails by 10am or so. WHOO HOOOOOOO!
--
I can hammer it back into shape later...
:wq!