Besides the blown power steering hose I do believe that ol' 1343 is
overheating. It ran 210 all the way to and from the show on the freeway.
Air temp around 80.
As soon as I got off the freeway it ran up to around 230-240. The engine is
rebuilt but stock. During the car rebuild here's what I did.
- Changed the radiator from 3 row to a 4 row.
- Moved the bottom of the a/c core 1 in out from the radiator
- Put on a 6 blade high flow flex fan
- Installed a 160 degree thermostat
I'm wondering if my water pump is up to par as the upper hose seems a lot
hotter than the lower hose. It wasn't replaced during the engine rebuild.
Another possibiity is the tranny overheating but how do I check this? I have
an external trans cooler but never installed it. Would this help?
Marvin
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