Charlie,
I hail from Pennsylvania originally, although I have been in the desert for
the last 19 years.
I can tell you that there is a major difference in how heat effects cars out
here. Starting about this time (or very soon) we will be above 100 degrees
during the day and by the end of June, that will be the condition at night,
with 10 or so being the average during the day. From about June to the end
August (sometimes into September) we do not get below 100 at night as well.
The excessive heat play hell on batteries. I have yet to not pay full price
for a battery due to the warranties (in other words, I have never had a
battery make it the intended life), all the major car companies play here in
the desert due to the heat conditions, two of the big 4 paint companies have
test fields here and … well I can go on, and I won’t even attempt to
explain what the lack of humidity does with the heat to the foam rubber or
standard rubber parts. I have been told numerous times now that the HEI is
very susceptible to the heat of an engine compartment, and in 4 years of
driving this Kitty, I have put as many coils in. Sometimes even that little
chip that lays in the recesses of the distributor near the suppressor
capacitor tests out bad.
Now don’t get me wrong, we desert dwellers understand our plight. I mean we
miss out on all that wonderful yard work in the fall, raking leaves,
draining outside pipes, shoveling snow, frozen roads, potholes from frozen
roads, broken tie-rod ends from potholes, not seeing the sun shine from
November to May, things like that. And I tell you, what red blooded
testosterone filled man would feel good about laying beside the pool each
night after work.
But I can tell you that if someone with reasonable knowledge behind the
counter tells me that the heat will cause these things to malfunction, then
I believe. Short of running around with the hood off, which was normal in
some of the outskirts of the city not long ago, the answer has to be in some
sort of venting. Oh BTW, Wells is the Mfg. on the coil (this time). The
thing warns me each time that it starts. When I run the car and try to get
back into it within 30 minutes of shutting it off, then I can forget
starting it until I pop the hood (o the safety catch only) to allow a breeze
or just less hot hair in there or vent the super heated air out (which
ever), give it 10 minutes and I am fine. If I drive around with the hood
popped to the safety latch, no problems. But I assure you that when I drive
it, park it and attempt to re-start. I could get grayer than I already am
waiting on it to cool down in there enough to start. Put a new coil in and
“I go balls to the wall with he heat”. From October to March, I never have
any problem with it. Work out the logic Charlie. Heat is killing the coils
and drafting that air out of there is going to be the answer to the hot
start problems. When I got stranded with it the other day, I drove from
North Phoenix to Cave Creek, picked up my daughter and turned around. About
half way back it started acting up at de-accelerations and finally at a
red-light, boom. Plenty of fuel, plenty of battery and a Auto Zone on the
corner. Change out the coil, vr-o-o-o-m I am going again and have put over
100 miles in the day time heat without so much as even a flutter in
performance. Like I said, dealing with the heat and I presume a variety of
coils from a variety of manufacturers, is an easy do. Venting this cat to
prevent that kind of heat build up is the key. I am going to put one of
those inside - outside thermometer things in the engine compartment and get
some reading to report to the list. It should be interesting.
J. Rick Smith, AKA: Smitty
76XJ12L L82
AIM: Smitty 76XJ12L----- Original Message -----
From: Charlie chache@thethinker.com
To: J. Rick Smith <@J_Rick_Smith1>
Sent: Saturday, 06 May, 2000 02:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Lumps!] How many holes it takes to fill Prince Alberts Hall.
I’d like to say " Balderdash" to the heat susceptibility of the HEI coil.
Having had one, in numerous vehicles, in a hot and humid climate.
present 350, has had one since it’s inception, and temps here in NJ,
range from low teens, to over 100 degrees, today’s humidity is at 78%,
and The Lady runs, a hot, 220 degrees.
It has been without problems, for 2 years now.
Now, I don’t know why Ariz. heat is different than any other,
but heat (to me) is heat.
Have you tried another manufacturer’s coil?
It may perhaps, be the quality of the one you are using.
But in any case, I am sure that there are many other vehicles
in Ariz., with HEI, that run well. Why yours, should be different,
just because you have a lump, is beyond me.
What brand do you have? It would be interesting to compare.
Charlie
Lumps Admin.
Matawan, New Jersey, USA
83 XJ6 350 Vette eng TH700R4
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----- Original Message -----
From: “J. Rick Smith” <@J_Rick_Smith1>
To: “Jaguar [Lumps] LIST” Lumps@jag-lovers.org; david@netaware.net
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Lumps!] How many holes it takes to fill Prince Alberts Hall.
David,
As soon as you can, let me (us) know. Each day in Phoenix gets a little
hotter. I did resolve the vacuuming that was not vacuuming. It turned
out
to be another coil. That is 3 per year since I have had this car. The
auto
parts guy that I talked to this time said that the HEI distributor’s
coil is
really susceptible to heat and that if I am getting unusual heat build
up
under the hood then that is why the coils are going bad so often. Makes
sense.
J. Rick Smith, AKA: Smitty
76XJ12L L82
AIM: Smitty 76XJ12L
----- Original Message -----
From: David Hunt david@netaware.net
To: Aeseeyou@aol.com
Cc: Lumps@jag-lovers.org
Sent: Saturday, 06 May, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Lumps!] How many holes it takes to fill Prince Alberts
Hall.
Albert, Richard, et al,
I am working on a project for GM and the GM guy I interface with is a
body engineer, we were talking about the hood scoop/vent thing last
week, he said he will get the part number for a stock recessed
scoop/vent that might fit what we are all wanting to do. He suggested
that two scoops be mounted, one that feeds the air intake and the
other
that is open to the engine bay to allow hot air to lift out. Either
one
or both could also have a tray(s) with drainage ports to pass rain.
I’ll
post the part number and I can even get a Jpeg of the part and send it
to Charlie so we can all see what it looks like.
David Hunt