Cooling
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Instructor
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Eugene OR
How about this?
How about running 180 at car-cruise speeds (20mph-ish) and 210+ on back-roads? Slowing down on the back roads brings temps down.
Does that behavior indicate anything in particular?
Does that behavior indicate anything in particular?
Race Director
Joined: May 2005
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From: Millington Illinois
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Retarded timing and lean A/F ratio will make anything run hot. That is where I would start. A pro can set the timing where the book calls for but if your mechanical advace, vacumn advance and advance curve are incorrect you will still run retarded. A lot of these cars sit, get a little condensation in the distributor and the centrifical weights freeze up, the vac can diaphram leaks or lower plate gets a little corrosion and don't advance properly. This is more common than you think and using a timing light setting initial don't catch it.
Last edited by 63mako; Feb 26, 2009 at 05:52 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Boca Raton Florida
No it doesn't. It sounds like your system is working pretty well despite missing the spoiler
