- Mar 7, 2002
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If anyone was wondering about that Chinese-made Mustang II radiator sold on eBay... It's damned good... Hell, it's effin fantastic.
It has been 105+ degrees every day this week except today, when it was 102. I hadn't driven the II in a couple weeks, so I decide to drive it home for lunch.
It's five miles of stop-and-go, and I knew it would be hot and miserable, but still needed to run it for a bit.
It got hot halfway between the shop and apartment, 215, 220, 230, 250... And stopped at 250 and held there before traffic started moving and it got back to 230 and held there. I'm cursing that Chinese radiator for not being good enough because the smaller Summit universal I had before never got above 220. I let it cool off while I eat lunch with the girlfriend, and drive it gently back to the shop, running right at 210-230 the whole way. When I get there, I open the hood and discovered that my fan isn't working because the fuse and fuse holder are a molten lump. I don't know if the fan seized and caused the wiring damage or if the fuse Derale included with their controller was just that crappy (haven't had time to investigate further), but damn, that radiator (and it's cap) held some serious pressure and kept the engine just cool enough to avoid damage without a fan on a 102 degree day!
I'm impressed.
It has been 105+ degrees every day this week except today, when it was 102. I hadn't driven the II in a couple weeks, so I decide to drive it home for lunch.
It's five miles of stop-and-go, and I knew it would be hot and miserable, but still needed to run it for a bit.
It got hot halfway between the shop and apartment, 215, 220, 230, 250... And stopped at 250 and held there before traffic started moving and it got back to 230 and held there. I'm cursing that Chinese radiator for not being good enough because the smaller Summit universal I had before never got above 220. I let it cool off while I eat lunch with the girlfriend, and drive it gently back to the shop, running right at 210-230 the whole way. When I get there, I open the hood and discovered that my fan isn't working because the fuse and fuse holder are a molten lump. I don't know if the fan seized and caused the wiring damage or if the fuse Derale included with their controller was just that crappy (haven't had time to investigate further), but damn, that radiator (and it's cap) held some serious pressure and kept the engine just cool enough to avoid damage without a fan on a 102 degree day!
I'm impressed.