How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
08-16-2010, 07:13 AM
#2593
I hate heater hoses. **** sprung a leak when I was like 40 miles away from my house. Luckily, I happened to have a spare set at home...so I was up until 1am replacing them and flushing my coolant. I did finally manage to bend the damn hard pipe next to the mnaifold to a point where the hose didn't interfere with that stupid FM heatshield (that thing is the bane of my existance whenever it needs to come out).
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08-16-2010, 09:55 AM
#2596
This is probably the most useless post ever, but why do you even have a heat shield? Then again, I don't have a heater core in my car anymore and it's RHD, so the BMC is safe from radiant heat. Is there another reason for it, or is that essentially the reason for one?
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08-16-2010, 10:25 AM
#2597
Primary reason is to protect the BMC/CMC from heat which can rapidly deteriorate brake fluid and melt reservoirs and other plastics. Secondary reason is to generally lower underhood temps a marginal amount. Tertiary reason is that it's a great place to set nuts/bolts/tools when working on other parts of the car after all the available real estate on the valve cover has been taken.
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08-16-2010, 10:42 AM
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You would have never heard this without me posting it. A slice of Americana.
It's worth a two minute listen.
It puts in perspective just what is used to be considered doing pretty well. And it shows a little better just what we've got.
I got a barrel of flour
Lawd, I got a bucket of lard
I ain't got no blues
Got chickens in my back yard.
I've got this playing right after NIN in my rotation this morning.
Does anyone else know what a corn crib is?
Unfortunately, this live version leaves out a few verses including the one about having the ability to make money because he's got a one eyed mule and a Jersey cow.
It's worth a two minute listen.
It puts in perspective just what is used to be considered doing pretty well. And it shows a little better just what we've got.
I got a barrel of flour
Lawd, I got a bucket of lard
I ain't got no blues
Got chickens in my back yard.
I've got this playing right after NIN in my rotation this morning.
Does anyone else know what a corn crib is?
Unfortunately, this live version leaves out a few verses including the one about having the ability to make money because he's got a one eyed mule and a Jersey cow.
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08-16-2010, 10:56 AM
#2600
I want a vented hood, but primary purpose would be to increase airflow across the heat exchangers. Unfortunatly, a decent vented hood costs a lot more than a piece of bent aluminum. It also reduces the relaxed/sleeper/oem look that so many of us have going on. As far as increasing airflow entering the engine bay, almost every method which increases airflow into the engine bay also increases pressure in the engine bay relative to ambient. This in-turn, decreases airflow through the heat-exchangers which often results in higher engine temps. It's kind of a shitty situation, if we decrease the temperature of the engine bay, we increase the temperature of the engine. I think the vast majority of members on this site agree that a 10 degree drop in bay temps isn't worth the 10 degree increase in coolant temps. A properly vented hood seems to be the only cure to both problems.
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