...some HACK has been there before you!
My GT40 always ran a little hot....not really hot, just a bit hotter than it should run in the chilly Pacific Northwest here. I had the rad flushed, pressure checked the system, used the power lift system to suck all the air bubbles out, etc. all to no avail. Then I had the forward bulkhead off to check on something and I look down and see the coolant hose to the WP has a major kink in it. Some HACK has installed the hose so it's partially collapsed. All that was necessary was to take about 3/16th off the length of the pipe and viola, no collapse.
This was basically like inserting an in-line reducer down to somewhere between 1/2" and 3/4" in the 1 3/4" coolant hose. No wonder the flow wasn't that great.
Took her for a run this morning and temps were down a good 10-15 degrees.
Whoever installed the engine in my car left out several bolts in the Kennedy adapter plate, forgot to put in a couple engine mount bolts, used cheesy Grade 3 fastners wherever they did remember to put a bolt and generally did a horrible job of it. There's no other words for it than HACK.
All my life I've been buying classic cars and improving them. 99% of the time there's been some (likely more than one!) HACK who has jury rigged all kids of stuff and generally f'ed things up.
Don't be a HACK!
My GT40 always ran a little hot....not really hot, just a bit hotter than it should run in the chilly Pacific Northwest here. I had the rad flushed, pressure checked the system, used the power lift system to suck all the air bubbles out, etc. all to no avail. Then I had the forward bulkhead off to check on something and I look down and see the coolant hose to the WP has a major kink in it. Some HACK has installed the hose so it's partially collapsed. All that was necessary was to take about 3/16th off the length of the pipe and viola, no collapse.
This was basically like inserting an in-line reducer down to somewhere between 1/2" and 3/4" in the 1 3/4" coolant hose. No wonder the flow wasn't that great.
Took her for a run this morning and temps were down a good 10-15 degrees.
Whoever installed the engine in my car left out several bolts in the Kennedy adapter plate, forgot to put in a couple engine mount bolts, used cheesy Grade 3 fastners wherever they did remember to put a bolt and generally did a horrible job of it. There's no other words for it than HACK.
All my life I've been buying classic cars and improving them. 99% of the time there's been some (likely more than one!) HACK who has jury rigged all kids of stuff and generally f'ed things up.
Don't be a HACK!