Tell us about the 261, you caught my interest and others too I would guess!
"A. Jones" wrote:
> I couldn't agree more. I have a hopped up 261 in my '50 using a stock
> radiator, water pump, and fan, and have no trouble overheating at all
> (even when I reef on the engine in the city). I would
> suspect that either there's crud in some of the block water jackets or
> your radiator has also lost efficiency through crud build up.
>
> I will say as a safety measure, I installed a pusher electric fan in front
> of the radiator (installs very nicely on the x brace), and it is invisible
> unless you look up into the grill. The only time I use it is for the fun
> of it.....
>
> On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Gordon Groves wrote:
>
> > I would check your cooling system before you go too far with re
> > engineering the fan , I also have a '56 235 in my '51 1/2 ton and even
> > in sunny Tucson AZ it doesn't overheat , even with air temps over 100
> > deg. It gets hot all right and even after parking for a few hours it
> > will still be 180 deg. at start up but I haven't had any boiling or
> > anything like that . Just a thought.
> >
> > Gordon Groves
> > '51 chevy half ton
> > '54 IHC Travelall
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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