<VV> Running Heater to add cooling

[Doug Foust]

With apologies in advance to those who will laugh at this question....

I have been running my EM vert with the Air and Heat wide open lately 
whenever the top is down - which is basically any time I drive it.  On a 
beastly hot August day, the little extra heat around the feet blows right 
away, really unnoticeable.  And I have this idea that getting additional 
heat away from the engine is a good idea.  I'm thinking of my first 
water-pumper and how - when the thermostat got stuck closed - you could 
actually nurse it along and keep the engine just below the overheated stage 
by running the heat on full tilt.  The heater core (this was a 64 Catalina) 
was actually drawing enough heat off the engine that I managed to get the 
temp back to a safe operating range and make it the last 5 miles home.  I 
realize the analogy when talking about an air cooled engine may not exactly 
hold water (so to speak) but wondering if the principle applies and if it is 
maybe one way of helping my daily driver stay a bit cooler in the worst of 
the Summer heat.  Comments?
Doug Foust - 64 110 PG Vert - recent rebuild, +30 pistons, etc.

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