New gal from TX

[littlewave]

Oil cooler?

[snakewench]

Originally Posted by littlewave

Oil cooler?

Originally Posted by mln385

Make sure the area around the outside of the radiator is sealed. If air is going around the radiator instead of thru it you are loosing some cooling. You may need to go with a different radiator.

I took some pics of the engine bay today. You can see the gallery on my profile page. If you guys see anything I should consider changing, please let me know.

Thanks!

[mln385]

Originally Posted by snakewench

I took some pics of the engine bay today. You can see the gallery on my profile page. If you guys see anything I should consider changing, please let me know.

Thanks!

You would greatly improve your cooling if you install a shroud in the front nose area as well as a different fan shroud. In the front all the air is going around the radiator (Pic) and your radiator shroud is only pulling about 60% of air through radiator. A fan shroud should cover all the area of the cooling fins.

Nice looking car.

[Tutosnake]

I like it! Always a fan of pit stripes...

[Sminor]

There's nothing better than a well-read, good natured wench who can wrench! Welcome to the madness. I believe these guys have you well on your way to solving your heating problem.
If you like the idea of a hundred Cobras in one place, motor on up for the London Show in June where there are usually two hundred or more (we also do a couple track days at Mid-Ohio that week).
steve

[Racer_X]

Originally Posted by snakewench

I took some pics of the engine bay today. You can see the gallery on my profile page. If you guys see anything I should consider changing, please let me know.

Thanks!

SnakeWench,
I see under drive pulleys, chevy based distributor and chevy alternator..... and your fan shroud isn't covering the entire face of the radiator. Also your radiator cap is at a low position in line with the radiator and engine. That'll make it harder to make sure all the air is out of the cooling system. Do you have a air purge point elsewhere on the engine? Are you sure the system is full and no trapped air exists?

Besides the chevy parts on a Ford, your issue with low speed overheating is the under drive pulley system. Too slow water flow for our heat, and it's not hot yet as you well know.

I'd change the pulleys to standard ratio crank and wp pulleys, 1:1 ratio if I recall, and then see what your water temps are. Bet they stay in line then. Next item would be at least an 18" fan with shroud covering the entire fin area of the radiator.

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Racer_X
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[dallas_]

Welcome!

I'm surprised that no one has commented on the picture of the asses in your gallery.

x2 on the suggestions to start with your radiator. Shroud the front, and get a better shroud and fan for the rear. That will help a lot. You are getting nowhere near the cooling capacity of your radiator with that setup.

Nice looking car. Enjoy it while it's cooler.

edit:
It gets hot here in Dallas too, so we added hood louvers to help get the heat out of the engine compartment.

[DonC]

For reference here are a couple of photos of my ERA showing the fully shrouded radiator (from the front) and the vents in the wheel wells to help remove air from the engine compartment and vent heat from the header pipes.


Please excuse the bugs as the car just went up for it's winter cleaning. As you can see the entire nose is closed off so incoming air goes nowhere else but through the radiator.


Wheel well vents. Again, pardon the dirt.

DonC