Hi, Marvin....yes, I would love to see the picture...(a picture is worth a
thousand words, they say).   e-mail address is sqpilot@earthlink.net   Thank
you.  Paul Conner

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:23 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: overflow connections


> Posted for Mark Steitle <msteitle@mail.utexas.edu>:
>
> Paul,
> Sorry, but I assume the picture got axed by the administrator.  It was
showing
> the
> lower (inlet) connection to my 20B water pump.  There is a plug just next
to
> the lower wp inlet.  This is where I connected the return (suction) from
my
> expansion tank.
> If you want to send me your email address I will send you the picture.
>
> It sounds like your radiator arrangement is very similar to mine.
(aluminum
> cross-flow, tilted, etc.)
> You can copy the 5.3 liter LS1 Chevrolet pickup configuration, which is
what I
> did.
> This is the small-block 327ci V-8 with aluminum heads.  There is no cap on
the
> radiator at all.
> The only cap in the whole system is on the expansion tank.  They tap off
the
> uppermost
> point of the return tank on the radiator (big hose to wp is on the bottom)
> with a 3/8" line
> that attaches to the expansion tank.  Then there's a line coming off the
> bottom of the
> expansion tank that T's back into the water pump inlet.  Very simple, and
> effective.
> In over 100K miles, I have never had to add coolant, or had my LS1 engine
> overheat.
>
> Mark
> msteitle@mail.utexas.edu
>
>
> [Mark... resend the photos that didn't make it through and I'll be sure to
get
> them posted for you.  Just send them with a regular message to The List.
>   <Marv>      ]
>
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