Originally Posted by moparx
Originally Posted by CSK
when I 1st built my 400/512 I had the block hot tanked & then I flushed the cooling passages out with the freeze plugs out, put it all together , 1st test drive all was good, 185ish temp, then it started running hot, turns out that my new Champion 4 row radiator got plugged up from rusty scale breaking loose , replaced the radiator with a ECP 2 row & installed an Gano screen in the upper hose, at 1st it caught a lot of metal scale & I would clean it out when I did an oil change, now when I check the screen it stays clean. the 4 row Champion had very small tubes, a small chunk would plug the tube.




i have been thinking about one of those, "just because", as a precaution.
beer

Its made like a minnow trap, I also put a little magnet in the trap area, it caught LOTS of rusty metal chunks., the 1st one I got was see through, I now have the aluminum one.


1968 Charger COLD A/C Hilborn EFI
512ci 9.7 compression, Stealth heads, 4.10 gear A518 ODtrans 4100lb,10.93 full street car trim
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