Overheating Cleveland

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1970mach1351

Discussion Starter · Sep 6, 2005

Hi all I am new to the forum, I have a 1970 Mach1 mustang 351 cleveland 4v
bored .30 over forged pistons small cam edelbrock torker 2 intake, 600cfm holley with vaccumn secondaries. I am having over heating problems with it,I have a milidon water pump stainless steel upper an lower radiator hoses high flow thermostat. Griffin radiator, 1 16inch electric on the inside and 1 10 inch elec fan on the outside can runs around 190 200 crusin with a 160 thermostat on a 100 degree day I am worried about traffic I am about to my wites in with this overheating prob any help will be put to good use and greatley apprechated thanks for your time Travis:worship

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dodgestang

· #2 · Sep 7, 2005

Do you still have the brass restrictor under thermostat housing?

While cruising the pusher style fan can obstruct air flow, is there a reason you went pusher instead of puller?

FWIW - my 408 with a way too small radiator runs 190 - 195 cruising and goes to 210 stop and go traffic but I am convinced it is because of the high stall I run (use a radiator with a tranny cooler built in and have not installed an aux cooler yet) so when stop and go or slow crawl it heats up fast.

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1970mach1351

Discussion Starter · #3 · Sep 7, 2005

Not sure about the brass restrictor i have never realley payed it any attention i would have to pull the thermostat housing and check. I went with a 16inch puller on the inside and it wasen't cooling it so i put a 10 inch on the outside to help. Which it did Thanks again Travis

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