[Tigers] Overheating

[Ron Fraser]

I am not sure what ford had in mind for the small block 260 as a best operating temp but I suspect it was maybe more than boiling temps. 

 

Thank all ya’ll for listening

Mayf

 

 

Everything I have read about Ford engine block temp stated at 180 F the internal wear is minimal.

 

The other problem is that above 220 F the oil will start to deteriorate.   The higher the temp above 220 the faster the fluids deteriorate.

 

At a track event I noticed one car came of the track early.  The driver complained that the brakes and steering felt wrong.

I looked in the engine bay an notice his power steering cooler was behind the supercharger air exchanger.   His hydrostatic brakes and power steering fluid was probably seeing 300 F.    A very good thing he came off the track when he did.   The power steering fluid in that car probably deteriorated in less than 5 minutes at that temp.

 

Ron Fraser

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