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This is the cooling system from my race car. It is a copy of the stock RX-2 street car system from 1972.

It works perfectly. The make up bottle has the pressure cap on it, and is kept 1/2 full, and won't overboard any fluid in use. It is similar to all modern automotive cooling systems. Not a single heating problem since 1980.

Lynn E. Hanover

In a message dated 2/25/2008 11:22:21 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, bbradburry@bellsouth.net writes:

I ran my 20B at idle, till about 160 degrees. My water pressure rose up to 23 lbs. That seems excessive to me, but I've never watched water pressure before. I've bled the block a couple of times and I dont feel like I have an air lock. Heat is even throughout the radiator. I was a bit worried about compression leaking into the cooling chamber, but I'm not loosing any water, the plugs aren't wet, and it starts flawlessly each time. Hot or cold. Recon I'm all worried about nothing?

Bob Mears

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