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Recommendations for a hot day |
Grosbard |
Jul 19 2019, 07:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 29-September 09 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 10,862 Region Association: Southern California |
Hi all,
Temperatures here will be 100 degrees this weekend. I'm planning a drive tomorrow, so I would like to ask you guys for recommendations for keeping the engine from getting too hot. i.e. Not improvements to make for the future (I have a plan for that already), but just tips and suggestions to improve things for tomorrow. 1. My thought is as long as I'm willing to pull over at a rest area whenever the temperatures get high, and turn the car off and let it rest for 20 minutes or so, I'm thinking I should be fine. Am I correct in saying that or is 20 minutes not nearly enough for getting temps down an appreciable amount? 2. What would you say is the ideal RPM for max cooling? On the highways here, I can sometimes get as low as 2400 RPM in 5th gear while driving the speed limit. I suspect that 2400 RPM is too low for optimum fan cooling - although it also generates less heat than a higher RPM, so the question is where is the tradeoff optimal point of RPM. Thanks in advance! |
VegasRacer |
Jul 19 2019, 10:20 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,507 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None |
Remember, our cars are Air Cooled. Keep moving and keep the rpms in the 3 - 3.5 k range, and you will be fine.
Stopping for 20 min in 100+ temps will not do much to cool things off. (And it might cause restart problems. ) You will need more than an hour for any significant drop. 30 min of stop and go is no big deal. Trust me. It will bother us humans more than it does the car. BTW - Check your Tires and Happy Motoring. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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