Horsepower Loss / Cooling Problem

[A Wild Neg]

Originally posted by Skankin:

Does it heat up when it's idling?
- It will go from 195 - 200 or even higher if i'm sitting at a stop light, yes.

Are you running underdrive pulleys?
- All the drive pulleys are actually stock. I did recently break my timing chain by popping the clutch (I have a very high horsepower engine). After replacing that, doing my timing, it runs really good, just looses power. But this problem has been around even before that. I will check into a eldbrk water pump though. I'm all for redoing the whole cooling system if I have to.

Are you loosing any coolant? Is there any in the exhaust? Residue around the headbolts?
- Well, when I run the car for LONG periods of time, such as taking it to school which is about a 30 minute drive, come home after about 2 hours of sitting, and then come back out to check on the car, i'll have a small puddle of coolant. Started with a leak I found in my resivour (Spelling?). That has bee fixed, but I found out I had a little bit of coolant come from the left side of the block. I coulnd't pinpoint it. Only did it once and never again, even though I have driven it farther then that.
- Nothing in the exhaust, only condensation when I start it up in the morning, but goes away. Head bolts are even fine.

You could pick up a code scanner from Walmart (about $25), and run a cylinder balance test. If one of them is leaking, it'll show up weak.
- It's a stripped out, carb'td car. No computer. It's pure street racing. Gets taken out once in a while.
- I'll check into the water pump. I'll also check on getting a bigger radiator which I planned on doing. I talked to another guy at a store, he said to get a resistor and take out my thermastat completely. I'm also working on a ram air system for a 91 carb'td car =) I can't find any in a boook or any kit at all. Any ideas?

- Kevin (A Wild Neg)