Overheating at rest

grey88gt · 12-23-2004, 08:55 PM

One other note is the timing set slow, My old carbed 460 will run about 20-30 deg hotter in the summer if the timing is to slow and will get hot at an idle. Thats with a 4 core super duty radiator, and big 8 blade fan. With the timing set at 14-16 deg it never heats up. Just trying to help here, I may be totaly off here.

Hawaiian5.0 · 12-25-2004, 07:18 PM

I think it's the electric water pump. It could be pumping your coolant mixture too fast through the radiator without sufficient cooling time. Just my .02

Ackbar00 · 12-29-2004, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hawaiian5.0

I think it's the electric water pump. It could be pumping your coolant mixture too fast through the radiator without sufficient cooling time. Just my .02

I think this, but in reverse. The electric pumps usually dont flow what the belt ones did. I think, you get a nice belt one, it will go away.

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12-23-2004, 08:55 PM	#1
grey88gt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Skiatook, Oklahoma Posts: 193	Re: Overheating at rest One other note is the timing set slow, My old carbed 460 will run about 20-30 deg hotter in the summer if the timing is to slow and will get hot at an idle. Thats with a 4 core super duty radiator, and big 8 blade fan. With the timing set at 14-16 deg it never heats up. Just trying to help here, I may be totaly off here.

12-25-2004, 07:18 PM	#2
Hawaiian5.0 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Hawaii Posts: 8	Re: Overheating at rest I think it's the electric water pump. It could be pumping your coolant mixture too fast through the radiator without sufficient cooling time. Just my .02 __________________ 92 Calypso LX 5 spd, 6# P-1SC2, 3.73's, GT-40 upper/lower, BBK 65MM TB, Pro-M ATI Blowthrough MAF, 30#'s, Edelbrock 6037's, F-cam, 1.6 rockers, BBK Ceramic shorties, BBK O/R H, 2-chambers, MSD 6al, blaster coil, 255 in-tank, upper/lower control arms, subframes, Weld fat and skinnies. 11.86 @ 117 on old dry Nitrous set-up (100 shot) spinning 1st and 2nd. Only 1 run, no bar, got da boot

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