New gal from TX

[snakewench]

Originally Posted by Racer_X

Welcome to the board, SnakeWench! There's a Houston Cobra Club on yahoo groups you ought to sign up on also. They usually meet once a month for a get together (just met yesterday) and do some fun events together. Usually have a lunch meeting in different spots around town to hopefully make it somewhat convenient.
The heat can be murder down here as you well know. might check the thermostat, make sure the water isn't flowing too fast thru the radiator (doesn't have a chance to cool off), try adding some water wetter for heat conductivity increase. A fellow Houston Cobra Club member James Yale has a shop in Tomball and specializes in the Backdraft Cobras, but they are all the same under the hood.

I'll second making sure the front area is sealed to force the cooler air thru the rad. What temp thermostat is in the engine? a single 16" fan might be too small for our climate.

Thanks, Racer_X! Great info! The car has a 180 degree thermostat with 16" electric puller fan, which was the largest single fan available from MS when the car was built. She runs aluminum heads w/10.5:1 compression, so I should get by on 93 pump gas, but just in case I have been adding a bottle of Lucas octane booster with each tank fill. Never heard detonation, but then again that's pretty tough with those sidepipes blaring away!

You mentioned the Houston Cobra Club yahoo group, but I can't find it...did a yahoo group search, but nothing close came up...do you have a link by any chance?

Thanks!

[YerDugliness]

Originally Posted by snakewench

The car has a 180 degree thermostat with 16" electric puller fan, which was the largest single fan available from MS when the car was built. She runs aluminum heads w/10.5:1 compression
Thanks!

Welcome to the Houston area. The guys are right, the Houston heat can get to a Cobra. My Cobra has a 16" puller fan and it does keep the temp down below boiling, but at times I really doubt my temp sensor is correct as I have seen the needle pegged all the way to 250* and no issues, 13# cap. If you want to never have to even watch the gauge, do the shrouding in the front to force all the air that goes through the fishmouth the radiator, that's a great start. I don't have a shroud on the engine side of the radiator and I have managed without it, but I have no doubt a dedicated shroud on the engine side of the radiator with the puller fan would be a safer option.

Originally Posted by snakewench

You mentioned the Houston Cobra Club yahoo group, but I can't find it...did a yahoo group search, but nothing close came up...do you have a link by any chance?
Thanks!

I am a member of the HCC, but for some reason Yahoo quit sending me the daily post links....they are a good bunch of folks, you'll feel right at home. The guy on here to look up is mtpockets......do a member search on him and tell him you'd like to sign up for the club and he'll hook you up!

Cheers! I know right now a Cobra doesn't seem all that usable with the weather we've been having, but come February you'll find it much better and by May it might just be too hot....you'll be looking for heat guards for your firewall soon as your feet start cooking in the footboxes on 59 near the arch bridges...VERY slow in rush hour, you'll appreciate any cooling upgrades you do there more than anywhere else in Houston....the traffic SUCKS!!!!

Cheers!

Dugly