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06-08-2012, 10:58 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: seekonk,
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Cobra Make, Engine: factory five mkIII roadster 445 fe quick fuel 750 q series,irs
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fe and coolant temp
I finally got my 445 running, I took it for a short ride I want to know what temp in celcius these engnes should run at?. I have the edelbrock waterpump, a 180 t stat, march waterpump pulley and the pulley on the balancer came with the professional products sfi balancer, the alt is a stock v belt pulley. I was running at 100 degrees celcius, I have a ron davis radiator it use to run at 90 degrees celius with the smallblock ?. steve
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06-08-2012, 12:27 PM
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Location: Broken Arrow. OK ( South Tulsa), USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 66 COBRA FE 427 /4SP. (HCS Coupe w/ 408 Stroker and TKO 600 -sold)
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Around 95-98 deg C
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06-08-2012, 12:40 PM
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Location: Glendale,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cobray-C3, The 60's body lines on todays chassis technology
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Congrats on getting her running. Your running a 180 T-stat so that should be your average displayed temp. A 100C is 212 F.
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09-26-2012, 03:19 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Virginia, USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Genuine original Unique MotorCars 427 S/C, with a Genuine original Ford 427 Side-oiler.
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180* f = 82.2* C
If your cooling system has sufficient capacity your temp should slowly cycle a few degrees above and below the thermostat opening point.
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09-26-2012, 07:09 PM
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Location: Williamsport,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kellison Stallion 468 FE
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if the march pulley is an under drive put the stock pulley back on.
the march pulley made me run hot too, mostly low rpms.
try it, see if it''l drop down to 190-195
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09-26-2012, 07:41 PM
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Yes regular stock pulleys on my 445 and I run 180-190 traffic hot weather etc...
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09-26-2012, 07:54 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kgs365
Yes regular stock pulleys on my 445 and I run 180-190 traffic hot weather etc...
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Same. Today, with the weather in the low 70's, on the highway cruising normally, the temp ran in the low 80's Celsius. After running it "lightly hard" in the afternoon, with the weather around 80 or so, after getting off the highway, it went to 90 Celsius, and then eased back to 85 Celsius with the single puller fan running in normal traffic. This is pretty typical for my FE. Over the summer I was stuck in traffic with the weather at 100 degrees and sticky humid. My FE climbed to the low 90's Celsius. If I turned on the auxiliary pushers to supplement the puller, it would drop down to below 90. |
09-29-2012, 12:10 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shell Valley Cobra Kit -428 Fe Built by Clayton Racing Engines
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You may want to drop the thermostat to what they where running in the 60,s and that is a 165 in FE,s . Just a thought , I did and I have a 165 in for eight years . You start cycling cast blocks with modern aluminum heads 25 to 30 degrees or more on a continous bases I have to believe you are going to have problems . Check the CFM,s of your fan you want at lease a 3600 CFM . A lot of the kits have cheap low volume fans 1600 or so and they will not cut it. The radiator maybe to small that came with the Kit as well. Mine was.
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