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Old 04-04-2008, 10:40 PM
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Default 408 getting hot

I only have maybe 200 miles on this motor, initially went with a 180 T-stat and got about 220 on these cool Tx days, well put in a 160 T-stat and now I am pissing everywhere on normal short drives, I have fans working properly and everything seems normal, T-stats are opening just keeps getting hot, I am going to do what James Yale suggested and put the front on ramps and then let it run since the deck height is higher and is almost even with the overflow tank. If not I might have to upgrade radiators and switch to a better single fan over my 2 small ones, anything I am missing, or is this just normal growing pains with a fresh tight motor?
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