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Old 06-12-2021, 05:03 PM
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Quick update... pulled the water pump and found a pretty large gap between divider plate and pump vanes- which i closed in by massaging the plate.

First time I ever had an 8 bolt pump out. I assume there are only the two plates and NO separate tubes and seals?

Installed the smaller 7" pulley and recurved distributer to come in full around 2800 rpm.

After about 20 miles at 70mph, Temps climbing to about 205. Pulled off interstate and car cooled down to 185 or so after a few miles at 50mph.

When checking Temps on top of tank near inlet, we had a reading of about 185, and at the lower tank near exit hose the temp was 175. Seems like there should be a bigger drop through the radiator???

Short of some 3.08 gears and a better exhaust system , I am at somewhat of a loss on what to try next...



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