vadimivanovich wrote:Man, I have to admit I was skeptical about all this, but congratulations on full successful execution!
Thanks! I wasn't 100% sure what the results were going to be, but the math added up. At the end of the day, some heat is better than no heat, so I went forward. Current temps are 28F/-3.3C, and it's probably going to drop even further, so I might go for a drive later with the grill blocked off to see how it does at proper operating temps.
G Nome wrote:Way to go and thank you for posting along the way. Great pictures and fun to see the heat images.
A 460 in the cold climates can be a challenge for sure.
Look forward to seeing the vent in front of the radiator and controls. Super helpful for the WVO crowd.
Thanks.
Kent
Glad you enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun and there's a certain level of satisfaction seeing something you built working properly. I've been pondering a multi-tank/multi-fuel setup, and WVO is one of the things I want to try, but the variable vanes in front of the radiator are only a small part of what I have planned on that front. I'll be going the active tank/line heating route using engine coolant and a series of valves. It will heat the WVO tank for cold weather and provide extra coolant capacity along with heat dissipation for hot weather if needed.
Chris wrote:Your thermostat may be incorrect for winter use.
There is warm climate thermostat (opens @ 72*C) and a cold climate thermostat (opens @ 85*C).
I do indeed have the warm climate thermostat, but mostly because we see more hot extremes than we do cold here. That's not to say we don't get a fair dose of both however. Last year my thermometer outside read extremes of -14F/-25.5C in the winter, and 116F/46.6C in the summer, and it changes very quickly. I'd rather have an engine run too cold than too hot, so summer thermostat and some adjustable airflow at the radiator should do the trick just fine.