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Old 08-30-2003, 11:43 PM
John S Peterson John S Peterson is offline
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I had terrible heating problems with my 460. I changed water pump pully diameters, changed to a high flow pump, 160 degree thermostat. and a puller fan also factory style twin pushers that I can turn on in traffic. I run a 3 core aluminum rad, and now it runs about 190, and rarely goes above 210. You know you can have too much radiator if you think of the theory of water and air movement. It's possible to have tubes so far from the air flow so to speak that you never really transfer the heat from the rows closest to the engine. So I'm not sure that all these 7 core rads are the answer, otherwise why would we all not go to something a foot thick and be done with it. It is frustrating sometimes, and believe me I had my problems, but just sit down and think about what you have and eliminate the obvious first...good luck.

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