Cool It!!!
Cool your Mopar, that is. Turning your road machine into a garage queen because it's a nice day outside just plain sucks. Many Mopar owners dread driving their prized vehicle in anything hotter than shirt sleeve weather! A vast number of classic Mopars overheat. Mismatched parts, missing equipment, poor tune-ups, and lousy gas are only a few of the overheating problems plaguing classic Mopars.
Even late model Mopars with warmed over engines run hot behind stock cooling systems.
If your Mopar is 25, 30, 40, or 50 years old, it likely overheats. Stock temperature gauges are notoriously inaccurate. Idiot lights are worse. Few cars from that era can run with the big dogs in high ambient temperatures today. Build a high performance Chrysler engine, stick it behind a vintage cooling system, and overheating is guaranteed.
Cooling Your Mopar, Solving Overheating Problems in Chrysler V-8s by John Van Becay solves all overheating problems in all vehicles powered by Chrysler engines, 1951-present, including V-8s, 4 and 6 cylinder and late model. This includes Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Imperial, and DeSoto, as well as Jeep and other vehicles using Chrysler engines.
Did you know poor airflow out of the engine compartment overheats as many cars as insufficient airflow into the radiator? How about a simple plumbing trick with an after market transmission cooler that will lower your engine temp 5-10 degrees? What is the easiest, least expensive, most effective fix for hot weather driving? Are you aware that expensive aftermarket aluminum radiators, while very efficient, are usually not needed in most street driven cars? This, and much more solid advice, insure the Mopar owner a cool driving experience.
Written in an easy-to-read format, Cooling Your Mopar covers every aspect of overheating. Airflow, circulation, tune-ups, water pumps, radiators, fans, pulleys, coolant mixtures and oil are just a few of the topics covered. A special performance section dissects the increased cooling demands of high performance Chrysler engines. Even driving habits and vehicle maintenance come under scrutiny. If your Mopar overheats, this book will fix it.
Since most cooling info applies across the board, if your non-Mopar vehicle overheats, you can still glean valuable knowledge from this unique source. This book will cool your car.
John Van Becay has spent most of his life in the automobile sector. His widely acclaimed Run Cool series--cooling manuals for classic cars--are steady sellers. He has solved automotive overheating problems throughout the U.S. and Canada, in Europe, Africa and Australia. John has written for numerous magazines and newspapers. When not writing and consulting, he builds, restores and races '60s era muscle cars. John lives in Aurora, CO. This is his 5th book.
