Help needed - cooling my Subaru powered 356

Congrats, Tony. If you could post pics of the solution or a sketch of the cooling system that would be helpful to a lot of people. My cooling works fine but it's always good to know alternative approaches.

Will do, I'll take pics this weekend.



> On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:27 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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I'll take pics this weekend, google has a phone number, ask for Dave and tell him I said they did great work on my car.

Tony

> On Jan 8, 2015, at 1:06 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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Driving gently the first 500 miles, but a great noise and pretty good pickup when you give it some gas!



> On Jan 8, 2015, at 12:36 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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I remember bleeding Fiero cooling systems...we raise the left

rear of the car as high as one would dare to get it to burp....

Very interesting thread!  In my opinion the only place for a rad is at the front, has worked well for us with both VW / Audi as well as Subaru power Intermeccanicas under all conditions.  Yes, bleeding the cooling system can be a pain.  Here is one photos:

 

 

Agree with Henry (for a bunch of reasons, not least of which being that rotating wheels create negative pressure, so we were originally pulling hot air throw the rad!!!).

Few pics attached.








> On Jan 11, 2015, at 3:14 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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I like the way you got around the obstacle of the front beam, Tony. The main parts are up out of harms way.

Thanks David, I'll send more pics of the scoop etc when it is dry (raining all day in SoCal?!).




> On Jan 11, 2015, at 5:02 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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Tony, looks good.

Hi Tony,

 

Have you had time to put on some miles?  How's the cooling?  Inquiring minds want to know.

I have a few hundred miles under my belt now. Cooling seems to be working great. Ras kicks in when in stop and go traffic and other times as expected.

The car is having a few adjustments this week, addressing the few things that I spotted during running in. Most things are simple but a couple of them were not expected, but I guess it's what you get with a custom car.

She should be back this weekend, maybe I'll strap on the GoPro and post a video of everything working.

I am curious how she'll do as we get into the hotter SoCal weather, that'll be the real test.

I hope your car is purring along also Jim.


> On Feb 10, 2015, at 11:29 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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I get 3 weeks stateside starting in early March.  I pick up the car near LA, where they've installed a new rad and a few other bits that should help it run cooler.  I'll let you know how it's going.  Cheers!

Jim - Hopefully all the labor contract shenanigans going on at the ports (along the West coast) will be over by then and all those dozens of shipping vessels anchored off the coast can unload/load their cargo. 

Jim

If you find yourself south of LA towards San Diego let me know, we should get our cars together for coffee and compare cool stories (pun intended).

Tony



> On Feb 12, 2015, at 5:51 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <alerts@hoop.la> wrote:
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