<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Blue '66:
one should "zero deck the pistons........
Of course I find out this and lots of other good engine rebuilding tips AFTER I rebuilt my 389 in my '66 GTO. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Blue 66, I 'zero-decked' my WS 389 with my dished Ross pistons. Have 11.7cc dish, 72cc 093 heads, .035 thick Fitgerald head gaskets for a estimated 9.7:1 compression ratio. It still gets hot like the same story POPs GTO reads. It hits a temperature, then begins to creep up untill it gets so hot and boils over.....see all my other posts if interested.
Good luck to us all. Are we chasing the correct parameters? I think I know what hot is, but now Im beginning to wonder what criteria we are using to gage all this excess heat. A friend told me he drove his 400 Safari wagon for about
60 miles with a blown upper hose, the manifolds were cherry red, the engine 'tinked and crackled' on cool down, then when he put on a hose the thing ran fine for years...whatsup?
aerosmyth
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