Interesting approach but I think his premise that the cooling system was a weakness in the X1/9 may be false. If anything it should read that the cooling system of old X1/9s may be weak (something common with old cars in general with deteriorated cooling systems). I knew a fair number of people with these cars when they were new, and I don't recall any having cooling issues, and many were pumping out more than stock HP. I have never had the radiator fan in my car come on unless it was stationary with no air flow for a while.
I won't agree nor disagree with you Don. But I will say all of the X's I have owned needed cooling system upgrades - regardless of the reason. However I don't plan on going electric pump either.
I think you possibly mean, "for a electric PUMP to work correctly it shouldn't be in parallel or series with an existing (mechanical) PUMP"?
Unfortunately 45C is common here. We're located next to one of the hottest places in the world - Death Valley. And the air stream moves from there to here. So I can relate to what you have to deal with.
Yeah I wondered if that is where you lived.
I haven't been there in the hottest time of year, but based on what I saw I can imagine it gets very hot.
Agreed, the stock T-stat and original design was intended to operate at higher temps. But that does not mean I prefer that, at least not on 40 year old vehicles that are asked to do a lot more than they were initially engineered for (speaking of my climate). There may be some confusion in the earlier discussion, I was saying I prefer to run around 170 degrees F, allowing for another 10 degrees headroom (i.e. 180 max). But again, my situation will be different from others. I only drive my vintage cars occasionally in stop and go traffic, with the AC running, ambient temps well over 100 F, and a bit heavy footed. Having experienced overheating in the past, I make sure it won't happen again.
Sorry I should have qualified my post with "in metro driving".
