Thread: "97" 350 engine overheating
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09-12-2005 01:05 PM #2
First thing I would do is to make sure the bottom radiator hose has a spring inside to prevent collapse. I've had this happen to me with a cheap hose. Then I'd install a Flowcooler water pump or modify my pump with a Flowcooler disc and run Redline water wetter.
If you read Smokey Yunick's book on the small block Chevy, you'll find that the thin cylinder walls could be the problem. When the walls get thinner than about 0.130", there is insufficient mass to cancel harmonics which are generated by the sliding of the piston rings up and down the bore. They don't actually slide, it's more like a continuous skidding which generates the harmonics. These harmonics of course transfer to the water coolant side of the cylinder, forming air bubbles which cling to the cylinder and prevent cooling water from contacting the wall to carry away heat. The water wetter should help.PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
Ditto on the model kits! My best were lost when the Hobby Shop burned under suspicious circumstances....
How did you get hooked on cars?