It's been warm here - high 70's yesterday and 80 in the mountains where our run took us today. I've been meaning to put a ground-interrupt switch inline w/the Spals so they don't come on when I'm on the freeway. But I had not done that so far.

Yesterday I swapped carbs to an Edlebrock Thunder series AVS, but it was the third carb on the manifold in a week. In one of these swaps, I had loosened the nut holding the wire on to the spal temp switch, in the manifold. Didn't know it and of course the nut came off whle driving.

Yesterday on the new carb's maiden voyage, the car ran hot - 225* or so on the freeway and that was with the tops off, and the air conditioner of course off too. When I got home I found the problem right away (pulled into the drive and didn't hear the Spals running so that was a big clue!) and fixed it.

Today our club had the mountain run and on the way back just now it was hot up there! I wanted to take the tops off but the wife said 'NO' and of course it was all about the Air Conditioner after that.

I'm proud to report that after a hundred mile return trip with the A/C blowing ice cubes, the Spal fans kept the stroker at a MAX of 200* but usually 195. As we climbed hills it would get to 200 then cool back down to 195 on the way back down the hills.

Once again I'm glad as heck that I have the Spals on there. And this weekend I learned taht my car DOES need them, even on the freeway.

 

You have to rub it in. I'm out shoveling 14 inches of the white stuff and you are worried about your AC.
Glad to hear everything is working good. Mine is in pieces anyway right now.

 

Yea these fans are worth their price. I am surprised still, that I need them on the freeway. But who cares. If I can continue running 195* all Summer I'll be and happy!

 

I've definitely gotta look in to some dual spals. My '81 was hitting 220 on the way out to simpson's nursery and again on the way to viejas today, on our run. I've no a/c so my girlfriend and I were pretty toasty today.

I ended up putting new spark plug wires on before we left viejas, because I figured I cooked them. Now it's looking like either my timing moved or I've got a lean condition. Sounds a bit lean because it's hesitating and such.

 

If it's getting hot on the way to Jamul, there's a problem! Viejas I could maybe understand, up hill all the way.

 

I'm thinking I'm most likely running lean. We also took a lot of back roads with lots of uphill work and it was in the 80's the whole way. I've gotta take it to the shop to have them fix the rear driver's side quarter panel because they backed up against a pole last time I picked it up. Going to tell them to dial in the carb for me and to check the timing.

 

Sorry to hijack the thread, but how do you like that new carb SanDiegoPaul? I've been looking at them and the adjustable secondary is getting to me.

 

Runs great but it doesn't like to get hot. After it sits a while when hot, the car runs like crap. Idle gets rough, seems lean right when you start it back up.

Still some bugs I guess. Monday I'll be on with Edlebrock support about it.