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Old 07-10-2010, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Chad View Post
First off, I just want to say that I read these forums just about everyday but haven't actually logged in for over a year. I've got a 69 GTO with a 462 that has always run hot. I don't even usually try to drive it on days that it's near 80 as I know it's just going to end up being a stressfull drive watching the temp gage climb up to 220 (have even hit 230). I purchased the Champion 3 row from Ledfoot racing a couple of weeks ago based on this thread, installed it last night and just got back from a 15 minute test drive. It ran right under 190 most of the time and only hit 193 when I sat at a light for a long time after just beating on it pretty hard. It's about 84 out right now so I'm ecstatic! I'm going to be giving it a 40 minute drive this afternoon at about 2 so we'll see if this continues. Just had to post something after this success!
That's great! Mine is going to be cooling a 468 and I've been concerned about whether it'll do it or not. It's been 97-103 down here so I'm hoping mine will do the job.

Congrats! Let us know how the longer drive goes.

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