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bdtutton · 01-01-2021, 12:39 AM

Hello....I live in Michigan and it gets cold here so I added a hot water heater to my 1930 Tudor so I could stay a little warmer in the winter. I put a 180 degree thermostat in the car so the engine would run warmer. Unfortunately I found when I run the heater at full speed when it is really cold it pulls all the heat out of the engine and it takes forever for the engine to warm up. I know the thermostat is working because there is warm water going to the heater, but there is none going to the radiator. The passenger heater is using all the engine heat.
My modern car starts getting warm in about a mile of driving and the engine gets to full operating temperature within a few miles even with the heater on. Is there anything I can do to cause a model A engine to generate more heat? Maybe a high compression head? Any ideas?

Thanks...Bryan

01-01-2021, 12:39 AM	#1
bdtutton Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 113	Engine heat in cold weather Hello....I live in Michigan and it gets cold here so I added a hot water heater to my 1930 Tudor so I could stay a little warmer in the winter. I put a 180 degree thermostat in the car so the engine would run warmer. Unfortunately I found when I run the heater at full speed when it is really cold it pulls all the heat out of the engine and it takes forever for the engine to warm up. I know the thermostat is working because there is warm water going to the heater, but there is none going to the radiator. The passenger heater is using all the engine heat. My modern car starts getting warm in about a mile of driving and the engine gets to full operating temperature within a few miles even with the heater on. Is there anything I can do to cause a model A engine to generate more heat? Maybe a high compression head? Any ideas? Thanks...Bryan