How shaved is hour head (on the car, I don't care about the one that holds
your ears up)? I had quite a bit of trouble keeping the temperature douwn
on my 1600 with the head shaved far enough that I had to mill out the head
to get domed piston clearance. After I replaced the head (both aluminum)
the cooling problems went away totally. The temp sits right at 190, no
matter how fast or slow I am driving, or what the weater is.
Peace,
Pat
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On Mon, 5 May 2003, Ian Miller wrote:
> Ok, so I'll start by saying my car has never run better. However I also
> have never had it on the highway before this year. Now its running so go I
> hate to not drive it. So this weekend I took it back to my parents house,
> about a 1.5 hour drive on the turnpike. I have a stroked 1600, with a stock
> radiator, cast iron head, and a 4 speed. It runs nice and cool around town,
> but on the highway...it gets hot like 230-240F. At 65 miles an hour I'l
> turning about 3500-3600 rpm. Interestingly it comes up to this temperature
> then I can drive the rest of the trip without it getting any hotter. I"m
> using an after market mechanical guage (I'm not really sure what the theory
> of operation is on these) but I'm guessing it is accurate. My radiator has
> been cleaned but not recored. What should I do? just keep driving it? New
> radiator? 5 Speed?
>
> One thought I had was timing. Should I check my advance at 3500rpm to see
> what it is? What should it be?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Ian Miller
> 66 1600 stroker
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