[Tigers] Overbore run hot?

RObin Young robin02 at mindspring.com
Fri Jan 21 13:24:11 MST 2011


---- Allan Ballard <allanballard at att.net> wrote: 
> My 5 bolt 289 motor turns out to be bored .030 .
> 
> Will this cause a problem with overheating?

Allen, When I got my car ten years ago, the 289  .30 over engine overheated
with the stock cooling system. Since then, I have added many performance
items like stroking to 302, 11-1 pistons, E4-b, and bigger cam.

At the same time, I re-cored the radiator with a three pass core installed
in the original band, added Tim Ronacks air dam, and use an a-symmetric five
blade fan with a 165 degree thermostat.  I live in Florida and find my
operating temps at 170 degrees which means probably either the gauge or
T-stat is off some. Hope this is helpful. Robin Young MK-1


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