Polar bear cobra driving

dcdoug · #1 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 12:01 PM

You should come join the CACC New Years cruise in DC. This year it was about 15 degrees when we started, single digits with wind chill (white caps on the Potomac). If you wear the right stuff, I don't find its that bad when you are moving. Stopped is quite a bit different though. I don't have a heater, but the 427 throws off enough heat to help.

The Irish coffee was much appreciated after our hour long cruise though.

Tugboat · #2 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 12:36 PM

Snowmobile? In Texas that would be what they use to bring the illegal drugs across the border.

I found that stopped it wasn't so bad since we had a bright sunshine day. Really the fingers and toes were the worst. Used hand warmers in the gloves and they kept the palms toasty, fingers not so. Funny thing is that I squeezed the hand warmers so hard one exploded. The junk in them is like silica, so fine. When I stopped I had this crap all over the car. This was the first time I cursed the Dynamat. I couldn't get a bit of heat from the motor thru the firewall.

Larry

dcdoug · #3 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Tugboat

This was the first time I cursed the Dynamat. I couldn't get a bit of heat from the motor thru the firewall.

Larry

For me, it was the first time I was actually happy that I didn't get "fresh air venting" for the footbox and that the heat shielding on the CSX continuation cars is only slightly better than the original CSXs.

Tugboat · #4 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 01:38 PM

Doug,

Only mechanical related issue is that my car never got above 150 degrees water temp and that was idleing with no fan. Under road conditions mine would drop to 110-120 F water temp. This probably isn't good. I think by putting in the racing 170 degree thermostat with the bypass hole the water never slowed up enough to heat. We build these Texas cars to not get hot, didn't think about the winter issue. Well probably will NEVER have to worry about it again!!!

Larry

dcdoug · #5 (**permalink**) 01-11-2010, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Tugboat

Doug,

Only mechanical related issue is that my car never got above 150 degrees water temp and that was idleing with no fan. Under road conditions mine would drop to 110-120 F water temp. This probably isn't good. I think by putting in the racing 170 degree thermostat with the bypass hole the water never slowed up enough to heat. We build these Texas cars to not get hot, didn't think about the winter issue. Well probably will NEVER have to worry about it again!!!

Larry

I am driving mine more than I thought I would during the winter, which is great, but I have on my winter projects to probably change out the thermostat to 180 degree version (I have 160 now with weep holes as well) and put in an oil cooler thermostat too. Temp is fine just puttering around with fans off, but any kind of speed drops the temps too low to be good. Don't want to do that very long.