[bmxmon]

Just sounds like getting a new engine tuned in. 180 seems like a good temp to me, though sucks its climbing in 45 degree weather. I've heard Mallory is crap, I've had good luck with my Pentronic HEI distributor, though the only thing that sucks is it sits so high I cant run a normal air cleaner. (when I first was typing this up i was thinking it was an accel, its bad when im forgetting what parts i have!) I would think that headers changing color wouldnt really mean anything, since they get real hot on a good running engine. I havent had experience with chrome (ceramic coated im guessing?) headers before though, im too poor for that stuff...