On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Mark Dorm wrote: > having two thermostats... > > one as you already have, and another, where your heater valve is, and your > heater (front) feeding not into the interior but all exterior flow... a > little fan placed directly along this and now on the outside, and with a > matched fan switch, or with a water temp guage you can view, and then turn > on your fan manually at the dash. ... what if, what if, what if. Well, if you're looking for crazy cooling system supplement ideas, here's one. Run a line from the Westy water tank through an inline pump to a set of mist nozzles mounted on the grille, facing inwards. Turn it on, and the water spraying onto the radiator and evaporating will increase the heat transfer. I've seen it done with turbo intercoolers on rally cars.
David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si |
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