cooling question

[snowman52288]

i have searched and could not find the asnwer that i was looking for... my question is am i able to take a 351 windsor out of a truck and put it in my 76 silverline nantucket 22 vht, and use a radiator to cool it? i think i have most of the parts to make it a marine motor, but i just thought i would ask and see if it had been done before or if other boats are radiator cooled.

thanks!

-Danny

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: cooling question

The "radiator cooling" is done with a heat exchanger using water as the medium not air.

 

[jtybt]

Re: cooling question

It's been done but on out on the bayou...or so I've been told.

The problem is the radiator needs a constant supply of COOL air.


Mull that over for a while.

 

[snowman52288]

Re: cooling question

could i use electric fans with a hole on the stern to bring in cool air/ take out hot air, and yes they would be mounted up high. or maybe a scoop of some sort off the side or top of the boat to "catch" the air. just a thought, i had these ideas running thru my head and they wont leave me alone!

-Danny

 

[jtybt]

Re: cooling question

You from Looisiana? I heard they do that up Arkansas way, too.

 

[cr2k]

Re: cooling question

The manifolds and rubber connector tubes are cooled by by-pass water, so you would have to supply that to the manifolds. or you would fry your exhaust system.

Kentucky?

 

[Bondo]

Re: cooling question

could i use electric fans with a hole on the stern to bring in cool air/ take out hot air, and yes they would be mounted up high. or maybe a scoop of some sort off the side or top of the boat to "catch" the air. just a thought, i had these ideas running thru my head and they wont leave me alone!

Ayuh,... It Won't work.... Dumb Idea,.... The boat is surrounded by cool Water,.. Use it....

 

[mkast]

Re: cooling question

i had these ideas running thru my head and they wont leave me alone!

If you take the time to look at a Mercruiser maintenance manual, you'll see how the cooling system operates. Why do you want to reengineer a system that already works?
If these ideas won't leave you alone, what's going to happen when you install a truck engine in the hull?
Some posters are asking where you are from, please change the location in your profile.

 

[marlboro180]

Re: cooling question

Some posters are asking where you are from, please change the location in your profile.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, gonna give us cheeseheads a bad rap

 

[snowman52288]

Re: cooling question

im still using a motor from a truck ill just need to find a marine intake, make a bracket to move the alt, and yes get a mercruiser book, it was just an idea!

 

[snowman52288]

Re: cooling question

Ayuh,... It Won't work.... Dumb Idea,.... The boat is surrounded by cool Water,.. Use it....

it could work!

 

[marlboro180]

Re: cooling question

Ideas are great, reality sucks.....