[Bill Bess]

Dragon 462, My 2-cents

I too had a cooling problem with my SA 428 FE motor.

Installed a full fan shroud, removed the themostat plate restrictor, installed a 190 degree themostat..still ran hot in traffic. I checked the temp. with a infered gun and found the temp. to be within range after it got hot according to the gauge. I installed an electric gauge and compared it to the Autometer mechanical I was running.

The mechanical gauge kept on creeping up to the top and around to the bottom of the gauge as usual in slow heavy traffic.
The electric gauge went to 195...the themostat opened,,,the engine cooled a bit and then got no higher than 205 degrees on a 110 degree day.

Guess what I'm now just running the electric gauge.

Best of luck, Bill