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Sprite cooling system install: One step forward, two steps backward

With the engine now installed inside our Austin-Healey Sprite, we could now put the radiator in and attach its hoses. We decided early on that we wanted an …

The extra steps we took to avoid an overheating race car

All engines create heat. Race engines create even more heat. So we needed to assemble a cooling system that could handle our needs, especially down here in the South. 

Back …

How to protect your radiator–inexpensively | Project vintage race Mustang

Before fitting the grille–it came uninstalled when we got our Mustang–we fit some heavy-duty mesh screen behind it in order to protect the radiator from debris.

We simply …