Home |  Forums |  Search |  My Profile |  Chat  Photo Gallery |  Events Calendar |  Technical Documents  No messages |  New Posts |  Watched Topics |  Register   Engines with empty cooling systems Goto page Previous  1, 2          Forum Index -> V8 Workshop Latest ratings Highest-ranked posts Highest-ranked topics Highest-ranked posters   EB XR8 Fordmods Oompa Loompa Age:25 Posts: 48 Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Location: Brisbane QLD, Australia View User Gallery (0) Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:42 pm    Post subject: Waggin wrote: Andrew, youre stupid! heheh If we're talking about a dead cold engine which is at ambient temperature, it would take a good minute or 2 of mild running before it would be a problem. Think about how much driving it takes before your temperature gauge moves in the morning on a cold start.. I can get 1km before it even budges, which is somewhere around 40deg coolant temp. Hi. You are all probably right in that 30 seconds would be OK but dont forget that when you start up in the morning and drive off that you still have coolant sitting in all the water jackets (although not flowing with freshly cooled coolant from radiator) but the point is that the heat would dissipate into the litres of coolant that is sitting there. If there was no coolant at all, wouldn't it heat up the metal s**t loads quicker?? Just a thought i had. I've never had any practical experience in engines with no coolant. Back to top Whitey Ford Fordmods Oompa Loompa Posts: 36 Joined: 19 Dec 2004 Location: Sydney NSW, Australia View User Gallery (0) Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:01 pm    Post subject: I have driven enough I6 Falcons onto the back of tilt trays without coolant to know it's fine. Back to top 4.9 EF Futura Moderator Age:27 Posts: 8658 Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Location: Adelaide CBD SA, Australia View User Gallery (37) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:24 am    Post subject: Well for the record, she was fine for the 20 seconds i ran her for... Unfortunately the plug i had used to block the trans cooler lines wasnt on as tight as i thought it was.... didnt loose too much fluid thankfully... But now re-sewing the areas of the lawn that were doused in BTR LE trans fluid, lol. Back to top jeffb Fordmods - Smokin em up Age:24 Posts: 290 Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Location: Mackay QLD, Australia View User Gallery (0) Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:21 am    Post subject: kenny wrote: most top fuelers don't even have cooling systems and look at how hard they go! Drag cars like that have ther blocks filled with heat dispercant stuff I thought, like this http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=1798&prmenbr=361 Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First             Forum Index -> V8 Workshop Goto page Previous  1, 2 Page 2 of 2   (c)2002-2008 Matti Jones and Brad Evans [31 queries :: 0.0398 seconds ]