Recent content by Tom66

OEM Parts Thanks, SOP. My garage is starting to look like a parts warehouse. :)

Aluminum Radiator Thanks, I am coming to the same conclusion. While I want to keep the orginal look of the car, driving and good mechcanical solutions must take precedence. Thanks again.

Water as a coolant Thanks Hib for the comprehensive reply. No wonder I have not heard of water as a coolant option. Seems very complicated for a questionable reward. I will take this off my options list. Thanks again.

Another question A big shout out to all that have responded, THANK YOU! I have decided to give a more robust fan a try. I will be testing that out tomorrow. I will not be using the smaller pulley; too many concerns. However the other two options are to get a stand alone new aluminum...

BB turning fan faster Thanks HIb, I have been thinking along your lines as well. I did put in a Edelbrock 8850 water pump which is advertised as a high performance racing pump. Which I interpret as increased water flow, which as I find out may or may not help. So far not much help. I have...

Pulley Tom, thank you for your time, very much appreciated

fan clutch Thanks Tom. I don't have a fan clutch, its direct drive. However the air flow is weak. I am looking for ways to increase the air flow. Turning the fan faster is on of my thoughts. Thanks again for your time and advice.

Water Pump Pulley Thank you Tom, very informative. Your information makes me wonder if I am concentrating on the wrong pulley. If I might trouble you again, do you have any information on the crank pully; a/c vs. non-a/c? If they are of different sizes that may provide the higher fan speed...

No cold Thanks again Andy, very thoughtful response and suggestions. I will recheck the cooling system as suggested.

Air Buble Thanks Andy for the time and thought you have put into my question. Air bubble: been there done that. When I had the antifreeze changed last year to a "wetter" mix I got an air bubble. It turns out that big block chevy engines have a tendency to get air bubbles when changing the...

Flow Test Thanks Andy, all good thoughts; thank you. I did have the readiator flow tested and the coils are in preteen condition. I also blew them out with compressed air. They look pretty clean. You are correct I truly hope I am not creating a bandaid when something else is going on that...

Swap radiators thanks no I didn't. I am trying to keep the car as stock as possible. I admit I may have to revisit this position if I can't get this problem resolved in other ways. I did some research and I concluded that the radiators for A/C and non A/C are the same. At least I could not...

Water Pump Pulley Yes thank you. I am using a 160 thermostat. I am using a "stock radiator" I have thought about replacing it with an aluminum radiator but I want to keep the car as stock as possible. Yes the engine numbers don't match but the engine looks correct.

I have a 1966, 4 speed roadster with a 1975 454 block set up as a 427 with 1967 L88 heads. When I bought the car a few years ago it did not have A/C. Due to the very hot CA summers I decided to install a Vintage A/C system. The car is now running very hot, especially in slow traffic. I can...