Guys, been following this thread since the beginning and by no stretch
of the imagination am I an expert on this subject, but you need to us a
little common sense(I think)? The air under the hood does have some
cooloing effect on the motor, but why all of a sudden are your Mopar's
having heating problem, Ma Mopar designed and made the cars with bidder
engines and more HP and probably either of you have and they never had
over heating problems. There is more than enough places for the heat to
escape just following it's normal path, generally, over the engine and
across the exhaust pipes (headers?) and under the car. Most people wrap
exhaust headers for better scavenger effect and a little less heat under
the hood. My guess, and it is only a guess, is that you either have a
flow problem, with either the coolit or the air flow across the
radiator. Not enough rows of fins in the radiator, water not staying in
it long enough to cool or a partial blockage some where in the system.
An under-drive pulley will invrease the fan speed, thus increase air
flow, that should help if everything else is up to snuff. I just hate to
hear that you want and are willing to chop up (drill holes) your cars.
BTW, hood off car lets more air flow through the engine compartment.
Any how, jm2cw.
Dennis J.
Ollie wrote:
Steven and others,
Please keep sending your 2 cents. Maybe if we can collect enough money
we
can solve this problem!
Ollie
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