Re: radiators, rally cars and 200Bcoupes

[Denzil Palmer]

Title: Re: radiators, rally cars and 200Bcoupes

Richard, RE the spindles, yes instead of the butterflies being retained through the slotted shaft with through screws, one half of the spindle was removed (the half not with the threaded screw-holes), and the butterflies retained to the remaining half of the spindle by domed capscrews which tightened down onto the butterflies directly. Best to locktite them. I had absolutely no problems with this set-up over many miles, and it makes a significant improvement to the unobstructed area of the carb. Agree with you on the radiator, I had a re-cored stock 1600 radiator with the L20-B, absolutely no problems even with a high temp thermostat to ensure efficiency. Denzil, I agree with what you say about the Hitachi's on your L20. Question. What are half spindles?  Are they the butterfly shafts, shaved to improve airflow, with capscrews retaining the butterflys? You can get your 1600 radiator recored.  Basically the top and bottom tanks are soldered on to a new core.  This will be good for any L20 used on the road. If you want to really flog it, in summer heat, up mountains, you can get a triple core fitted for about 40% more cooling capacity from the Samna sized radiator.  This core has three vertical rows of tubes instead of the standard two. --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------