Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Modifications

[Hal <strlcuckoo_46@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can get electric fans in a yard off of a pre96
Taurus or a Hyundai
Hal

--- AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> If you don't have A/C but a V8 engine then you have
> the HD radiator. All
> 6's with A/C have the HD radiator. You might see
> about wrapping those
> headers as I think Davis said headers are not
> guaranteed against rust if
> they are wrapped. He has to comment on this. Had the
> cooling system been
> flushed out? Has the radiator been boiled out at a
> radiator shop?
> Without A/C you might have enough clearance to put
> one or 2 auxiliary
> fans. You need to check the clearance between the
> radiator and grill and
> then get a Jeggs catalog and find the one that will
> fit the space you
> have. On the 160 degree thermostat I have never had
> to use one lower
> than 180.  
> "Doc"
> 
> > To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: GrublinX@xxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 20:47:30 EDT
> Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Modifications
> 
>  
> Hey Doc,
> Thanks for the reply. I am learning far more from
> group members than my  
> little mind can handle! 
> My 75 Gremlin 304 has always run very hot and I have
> no AC. While I did no  
> internal engine work (yet), but I have added Headman
> headers and an Edelbrock  
> Performer manifold w/ a 4 bl carb. Due to starting
> problems caused by heat  
> induced gas percolation, I replaced the stock 4
> blade steel fan with a  7 blade 
> aluminum fan and swapped the stock thermostat for a
> 160 degree  thermostat. I 
> bought heat tape to wrap the headers, but have not
> installed it  yet. 
> Even with the fan and racing thermostat, on a hot
> day I can run  her up to 
> 210 degrees no problem, which is why your idea about
> an  auxillary fan caught my 
> attention.  Frankly, my  motor runs  great at 160
> and I'm working like the 
> dickens to keep it in the 160 - 180  range. However,
> you mentioned the magic 180 
> degree figure. Am I making a mistake  running the
> engine at 160? 
> Charlie
>  
> In a message dated 6/9/2006 6:06:13 AM Eastern
> Daylight Time,  
> AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> Charlie not being familiar with the nose of a
> Gremlin I don't know  what
> the clearance between the radiator and grill is. Do
> you have A/C? if  so
> that will probably cut down the clearance like on my
> Hornet. The  center
> vertical bolt in hood latch support in my Hornet is
> right up against  the
> A/C condenser. On the drivers side in front of the
> condenser near  the
> headlight is the A/C drier. I am putting the fan on
> the pass side.  I
> also have a clearance problem as the Hornet nose is
> in a V shape and  has
> the V shaped rubber bumper filler in there along
> with the V shaped  grill
> so clearance is pretty tight. Going through the
> electrical fans  in
> Jeggs catalog I found an 8"x8"X 2 1/4 deep fan that
> should just fit.  It
> can be set up as a pusher or puller. It has the
> optional wiring  harness
> with a thermostat which I will probably get but I
> will also wire in  a
> manual over ride toggle switch on the dash. I know
> from  personal
> experience with my other Hornet even when it was new
> that it would  run
> hot in the 90 degree weather with the A/C on. You
> can't run a  thermostat
> cooler than 180 or the engine will not run properly.
> I have  incorporated
> the 33 years of modifications I made on my other
> Hornet into  this one in
> the last 2 1/2 years I have owned  it.
> "Doc"
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


Hidden in Wichita Falls TX

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