Hmmm.... My '76 had a spoiler - it was lost in an unfortunate incident with a raccoon at high speed (ok I was lucky I only lost the spoiler). That said, I a) think the car looks better without it and b) don't see any different in cooling or handling for the car. But as we all know, each spit is a little different :).
My rad setup is the original '76 rad with the clutched mechanical fan; the only time I have heating issues is if I slow down from high speeds and have to sit in traffic on a hot summer day (my TR6 has exactly the same issue, as I expect most of our cars do). As for cooling, keeping the rad clean, and flushing it once a season seems to have the largest impact. c. '76 TR6 - CF53954U '76 Spitfire - FM47622U -----Original Message----- From: D T Gebhard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: late spoiler So the spoiler will get more air into the radiator but ins't it's main job to help keep the front end somewhat stable at speed (65+ MPH). My '77 had one and no floaty feel at speed, my '75 had one, same thing. Now as for my '72, it doesn't have one and the floaty feel is there. I don't think it's my imagination. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nolan Penney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: late spoiler > I have several 1980 & 79 Spitfires. Some of which still have the oem > spoiler. In my experience, the hysteria over the "need" to have the > spoiler in order to prevent overheating is absurd. My coldest running > Spitfire has no spoiler of any type on it, and it's a 1980 with the > original skinny radiator and electric fan. *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
