Overheating question
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Also, if I remember right, the top hose tube is in the wrong location. My car overheated until I went to the 4 core as Phil suggested.
Ricky, You will only want to do this once buck up and buy the correct radiator or it will cost you much more.
This is what is I am using http://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-1960-1...Radiator-/380812986863?_trksid=p2054897.l4275
Yep.... Yep... I see, I was hoping to back to an original radiator. I have a big aluminium one in there now. Dan, how is the clearance at the steering gear? I also didn't like the way the shroud fit around it. That's why I have that hacked up small block shroud in there... I didn't want to hack up an original 348 one...
I have maybe just shy of a 1/8" clearance and I had to do some adjusting to get that much but it worked. I didn't have to hack up my original 348 fan shroud it bolted right up. What I don't like is the big square lugs they put on the the back side of the mounting flange.Yep.... Yep... I see, I was hoping to back to an original radiator. I have a big aluminium one in there now. Dan, how is the clearance at the steering gear? I also didn't like the way the shroud fit around it. That's why I have that hacked up small block shroud in there... I didn't want to hack up an original 348 one...
Dan... they have to do that to space the shroud out from the radiator side brackets for the wider radiator. All 409 radiators had that spacer.
Yea... I had to do some grinding on my steering gear... I wasn't too happy. That's why I was hoping to go to an original one and take the unviolated gear out of the parts car and have everything fit right.. I will post some pictures later of what I got now in my thread... don't want to hijack any more of Dominic' s thread
I did not realize that.
That's why I'm here for you Big Fella!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's Friday a.m. and I had very little oppurtunity's to get back on this engine. Here is what I found so far. Pulled the freeze plugs and found no obstructions,just a very clean block. I did find one burnt out set of points. Ordered new points condensor,set it up properly and its ready to fire. I don't want to make to many changes at once. I want to see what fixes it. I do have an aluminum waterpump coming "next week" so stay tuned. I am gonna run it again this weekend,do another compression and leak down test and check the valve lash. Thats's my plan!
Retarded timing, lean mixture in the carb(s) or old, insufficient radiator. Tackle all three of those things and you'll be in business. My 470hp 409 runs 170-185 in 80 degree humid Wisconsin summer weather
I do that on every block I prep before taking over to have the machine work done to it.