On Wed, 01 Mar 2000 21:57:02 -0800 Claude Brousson
writes:
> One further thought on this-I certainly agree it is desirable to get
> rid
> of heat if one can. So far I have approached the problem a little
> differently than moving the muffler to the back.
>
> I built some sheet tin deflecters behind the headers to drive the
> heat
> down toward the road. I have installed my old ceiling fan under the
> passengers side to drive heat out the side vent which I and many
> others
> have installed. This is on a switch which I turn on if I am stopped
> in
> hot and slow heavy traffic.This pulls the heat away from the
> carburator
> area. I have the metal gas line to the carb running through an
> insulated
> fireproof hose to help keep the gas cooler. I have a metal spoiler
> behind the mufflers deflecting the wind and heat down toward the
> road
> and away from the gas tanks. And I have the bottom of the gas tanks
> painted white to reflect heat from the asphalt back down rather
> than
> into the tanks.
>
> I do not use an electric fuel pump, and so far have never had
> vapour
> lock. However, to be fair,I don't travel in the south, and in the
> desert
> when it is super hot. If I did, maybe I would have a heat problem as
> many others have.
> I would like the headers to not radiate so much heat, but still
> exploring how best to do that without costing an arm and a leg so to
> speak, with something which may not be permanent.
>
> Each to their own way, as always,
> Claude
I was thinking of adding a 5 ton home air con unit to my engine
compartment to keep all my mods and improvements cool. Any ideas on space
req'd?
David Lee Greenberg
The GMC Motorhome Registry
Dedicated To The Classic GMC Motorhome
www.gmcss.com/registry.htm
writes:
> One further thought on this-I certainly agree it is desirable to get
> rid
> of heat if one can. So far I have approached the problem a little
> differently than moving the muffler to the back.
>
> I built some sheet tin deflecters behind the headers to drive the
> heat
> down toward the road. I have installed my old ceiling fan under the
> passengers side to drive heat out the side vent which I and many
> others
> have installed. This is on a switch which I turn on if I am stopped
> in
> hot and slow heavy traffic.This pulls the heat away from the
> carburator
> area. I have the metal gas line to the carb running through an
> insulated
> fireproof hose to help keep the gas cooler. I have a metal spoiler
> behind the mufflers deflecting the wind and heat down toward the
> road
> and away from the gas tanks. And I have the bottom of the gas tanks
> painted white to reflect heat from the asphalt back down rather
> than
> into the tanks.
>
> I do not use an electric fuel pump, and so far have never had
> vapour
> lock. However, to be fair,I don't travel in the south, and in the
> desert
> when it is super hot. If I did, maybe I would have a heat problem as
> many others have.
> I would like the headers to not radiate so much heat, but still
> exploring how best to do that without costing an arm and a leg so to
> speak, with something which may not be permanent.
>
> Each to their own way, as always,
> Claude
I was thinking of adding a 5 ton home air con unit to my engine
compartment to keep all my mods and improvements cool. Any ideas on space
req'd?
David Lee Greenberg
The GMC Motorhome Registry
Dedicated To The Classic GMC Motorhome
www.gmcss.com/registry.htm
