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Old 06-27-2009, 02:43 PM
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Be careful running those extremely high pressure radiator caps. If your using an old style Ford surge tank keep the cap pressure 16 lbs and under, I'm runnig a 13 lb. cap and it works just find, plus a recovery tank that contains any fluid that gets by the cap after shut down ...it then is sucked back into the radiator. My water level is always perfect.
A super h P cap can cause leaks,,,,soft plugs, gaskets, hoses etc....if that occurs just dump in a little Alumi seal...fixed.

It's all about air flow on these little cars, when it's 115 degrees in Havasu I can count on the temp. getting up to 210 at long signals..but quickly going back to 190 to 195 on the road without the fan on.

Bill
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