72 TA : New Project

[njsteve]

Since we are in the midst of an apocaliptic heat wave here, (It was 108 yesterday), I took the 72 T/A out for a spin in the inferno, better known as New Jersey, today.

I went to the local cruise night again but only 20 cars showed up due to the oppressive heat.

The car uses its original, four-speed radiator (no trans cooler) that was recored with a modern three row, copper core. She handled the climate amazingly well. Here's some temp samples taken with a heat gun:

Outside Temp: 102 degrees
Pavement Temp: 121 degrees
Pass-Side Radiator Tank Temp: 153 degrees
Dr-Side Radiator Tank Temp: 183 degrees
Thermostat Housing Temp: 197 degrees

A/C on Max, center outlet temp: 35 degrees [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/cool.gif[/img] There's nothing like a good running, old R12 system.

Factory temp gauge reading: about a millimeter past the first hash mark on the gauge.