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Old Apr 7, 2003 | 01:27 AM
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Just fired up the 72 and ran it (at idle) through three cooling cycles with the new DeWitts aluminum radiator, Spal fans, Edelbrock waterpump, 100 amp alternator, and crossed fingers LOL :cheers:

The fans come on at 195 at turn off at 175. The nice part is that the temp gauge shows exactly that. Seems that everything is well coordinated.

Tomorrow night I tidy up the new wiring, reinstall some interior parts, and Tuesday hinge on the new L88 long style hood :cheers:

Power Tour here I come :cheers: :auto:

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Old Apr 7, 2003 | 02:14 AM
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Aint it great when it all works???? Congrats. :cheers: :party:
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Old Apr 7, 2003 | 08:03 AM
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Corvette and Done , in the same sentence that is very rare LOL :lolg:
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Sweet. Gotta love it when a plan comes together :thumbs: :lol: :lol:
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Old Apr 7, 2003 | 06:22 PM
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Corvette and Done , in the same sentence that is very rare LOL :lolg:
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, it's never really done...just one plan at a time :lolg: :cheers:
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My Dewitts radiator and Spal fan should be here any time. Just in time for the weekend cruise with the club. Hopefully mine will go as well as yours did.
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My Dewitts radiator and Spal fan should be here any time. Just in time for the weekend cruise with the club. Hopefully mine will go as well as yours did.
One thing of note. I had to notch the drivers side fan shroud to clear my a-arm. Nobody else ever had that issue that I know of. But that's what it took to bolt up.
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