Cartoon Rooketeer stili in fine form Byr.LWayne Gen Some things nover chnge! It would seem most drivers ini the. Thunder Car 'division* at Moisport International Speedway are i for another long year as last years champion Ken Donaidson afyutcnkepyorcool when ai outyou are lsigtheirs and blxigit on their radiators.. (with apologies to Rudyard J Kipling). Every year, you se. the. work? Coolant circulates through tiie engin., plcking Up engine heat, and back- through the, radiator, wiiere Itcools. Itfs that-' simple. The componenta of tii.'» system are: 1. Radiator A cor., or tube, is surrounded by fins of light motal. Tii. more surface area thes. fins expose to the air, the. more heat they can rqject. 2. Water PImp Runnlng off a bet connected to the. engin., the water pump forces th. coolant to clrculate.'Koep an eye on the. boit W makemsueIlts not worm or cracked. 3. Hom: TMm houe running from the -bottom of ycur radiator takes colant into the, engine block, the. home at the top returns bot coolant tothieradiator to becooled. Tere are aima homes running W the. back Of t.h engfin.oempartment - tiiese are for the. heater ln1 your car. 4. Thermostat: The. thermostat is the. return (top) houe. It closes when cold, Wo reduce coolant circulation and iielp your engine warm up as fast as Possible. Then it opens Wo maintain a constant engin. temperature by regulating the, flow of colant.' 5. Fan: Tii, fan beind the. radiator doesn't blow - ft sucks. It draws air through the. radiator Wo mncrease the. cooéling effect at low speeds. At hlgiiway speeds, It usualyisn't needed as the, ram air from drivlng ia ample W k.ep cool. Tiiese fans operate off -a thermostat»uotiey are not using engin. power ail the timo.» 6. Pressure cap: Cooling systeme are pressurlzed Wo rai.. the. boiling point. Tus-pressure dependa on the pressure cap on the radiator (sometimes on the. overfiow reservoir). 7. Ov.rflow reservoir Mont cars hav, a franelucent Plastic container which contains coolant. This allows you Wo check the. level witiiout opening the. radiator. took command of the. 20-lap featur on lap ex and nover looked back in racingorti.lg weekend. g vrteln Two other strong contenders from last season, Dan Robinson and Vi Mannette, flnished second 8. Coolant: W. talk about water cooled engines and water pumps, but the. coolant ofchoice is actually a 50/50 mix of ethylene glycol and water. Water alon, would cool the engin., but it would also lead te corrosion. Tiie coolant cool. the engin. efficiently, resista freezing in winter, resios boiling in summer, lubricates the water pump, and inliibits corrision. If 50 per cent coolant is good, then 70 per cent must ho better, iight? Maybe. But straight celant will turn W slush at minus 22 per cent - it performa better when its, diluted.Ch.ck out the table b.low: ]Mnimum 50 pot 470 (441n 1290(6lè> Cam 5niuu 0 P«t Cod nt Masimum 70pot 4eCC4eF> 1360C (67> em ulh% ifex,30 P«t nuMwatt So how do you avoid b.ing one of tiiose people boiling and seething by the. roadoide? Car Car, Canada has some quick tips for ke.ping your cool. 1. K.eep your coolant levl Wopped up (but not too ful), and your ceolant at the rigiit concentration. It'. easy Wo check the. level by looking at the. tranulucent overflow reservoir. On. tiing you siiould nover do is open the pressure cap on a hot engins - the. bot coolant will spray out and could cause sovere scaldingr. 2. Ciieck your hoses once a month for, soft spots, cracks and lose clampe - when tiie engine is cool. Houes siiould ho firm, not spongy. Check for cracks by runningyçur fingers lightly along; the hoe and feeling for snags.- .1 .3. If you r eplace a clamp or a hase, tighten the clamp a few we.ks afterwerdsm - it will ease *a little at firet with the engin. vibration. 4. When you wash yourocar, take a moment Wo wash bugs and leaves off the. radiator. Be careful net tW oeush or bond the, ligiit metal fins. 5. Flushi your coling system and replace' the coolant at least every two years, or as specified in and third. Rounding out the top five were Ken Perrer and Robin McNevin. Once into the lead, Donaldson and bis Cartoon Rocket' were able to open up and aintain a comfortable lead. Taking the. checkered fiags in your owner's manuel.. 6. Use only top quality coolant producta that meet the. ASTM D- 3306 (spark ignition engin..) or D- 4985 (diesel) standard. B. cautious about aIl-purpose or long-hif. products - your engin, is tee expensive Wo take risks for the, sake of a few dollars. heat races were Donaidoni and Robinson, eacii with a pair. Tii. open wheel modified feature was a battle between the. machines of eventual winner Jim Rosuiter and 'Terrible' Tom UMSian, who took the. runner-up spot ini the 25- lap event. Rounding. ont the, top five were Bob Phinnemore, Larry Jackson and Ritchie Mannette, inonly bis second- race in an open wheel modified. Bret Osier of Whitby started thfrd but nover challenge&. Takig heat wins were Mülhgan and Rossiter. After two failed attempte to start the. Late Model Sportsman feature (scheduled for 25 laps, but shortened to 15 due to time), Brad Corcoran led on. of the. largest LMS fieldsa at Mosport ini some time (32 cars took the. green flag). Kévin OXara crossed the. finish lin. first, foilowed by Joe Sefe, Corcoran, Linc Brown and last il yeares titlist Mâke Horton. OH-ara won on. heat race, with the. others going to Jeif Hanley, Montanari and Sef. An4y Warbutton won the 20-lap Street Stock feature, Dave lm. second. Heat wins to, Les and Warbutton. 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