Betty the Commer Pizza Truck Project.
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Little sneak peak for you guys
Won’t be anymore updates for a good few weeks now as I’ve got other stuff to do on the running gear and getting it running again, engines in, just need to do the timing and firing order and stuff again now I’ve got the electric ignition in.
Won’t be anymore updates for a good few weeks now as I’ve got other stuff to do on the running gear and getting it running again, engines in, just need to do the timing and firing order and stuff again now I’ve got the electric ignition in.
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Guys she’s Alive! Fired her up today with no exhaust or rad or anything connected and she’s alive.
I have a question regarding the heater and heater matrix, is it needed? As my old one was knackered, am I ok to just loop back into the system rather than having a heater ? Or would I benefit from that extra radiator to keep engine temps down? Having a mare as I don’t really want to go drilling holes in the van if I don’t need to. Will it over heat if I have no heater or will I be ok?
I have a question regarding the heater and heater matrix, is it needed? As my old one was knackered, am I ok to just loop back into the system rather than having a heater ? Or would I benefit from that extra radiator to keep engine temps down? Having a mare as I don’t really want to go drilling holes in the van if I don’t need to. Will it over heat if I have no heater or will I be ok?
As long as the rest of the cooling system is in good shape then it should be fine, give it a good flushing through to make sure. If you do find she's getting a bit warm then you could plumb in a motorbike rad, and mount it underneath, using the heater circuit. Alternatively you could fit a Mini heater unit and just have it as a recirculating heater so no drilling and cutting into the front panel.
Just adding mine from a ktm250. Doesn’t get super hot but gets high 90oC’s on step slow climbs when it’s this crazy weather and the last thing you want is to put the heater on!
Need to make a black grill to match the radiator pattern and will be adding a second valve so it’s controllable. Think it’ll look pretty cool
Need to make a black grill to match the radiator pattern and will be adding a second valve so it’s controllable. Think it’ll look pretty cool
Yeah this does look cool, I was thinking of shoving one in behind the lower grill before I put it all back together but I never had temperature issues in it before I fucked the old engine so I assume this one will also be ok temperature wise, aslong as I don’t get sat in silly traffic in silly heat!
