Overheats at speed
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Hi , this Barracuda of mine has always run hot on the open road, it can idle around town in the middle of a scorching Aussie summer all day and sit at 180 but get it out on the open road at 3000 rpm and it just keeps climbing. Seen 210 last night in cool air. Engine is a half full 440/547 with Indy heads, tune is good, has large ali radiator, electric pump, powerful twin fans with cowl, using water wetter and I also have a larger engine oil cooler. I can’t remember if I have a thermostat with small holes or a reduction spacer in there at the moment but know I have run both. Any tricks ??
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Re: Overheats at speed
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Ok but looking in the radiator you can see the turbulence of the water moving. Today I am goin to try taking out the thermostat or restriction and test drive.
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Re: Overheats at speed
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toss the stat just for a test (1) day. Are you sure the rad ain't partly clogged. I'm assuming timing/mixture are in the ballpark (I'm not leaning toward those 2, just sayin). keep us updated.
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Gonna tell you right now, it's your electric water pump.
Overheating at speed is almost always a water flow issue. This guy gets it!^^^ Overheating at speed is almost always a coolant flow issue....overheating at idle/low speeds is almost always an airflow issue. My guess is that electric pump is flowing the same at idle and 4000 rpm. Works at idle not at 4000 rpm. Belt drive pump changes output based on rpm. Just my thoughts. Good luck!
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Re: Overheats at speed
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Yup, either not enough coolant flow under demand, or airflow blockage. Some of those electric fan shrouds are essentially a box that will block airflow at speed. If you can try a faster pulley ratio and/or a shroud with flaps that open at speed, do so. I'm assuming your lower hose isn't collapsing at speed, and there's no blockage elsewhere in the coolant flow. Electric pumps usually move at one speed, if the hose was "collapsing" it'd do it whenever the pump was on. The thing about electric pumps is this, they are designed for dragstrip use and in that application they can be useful. On a street driven ride it's just a problem waiting to happen.
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Re: Overheats at speed
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Thank you for your thoughts guys. Have just been working on it, pulled the T/housing to find NO thermostat in there, (I could not remember if it had one or not), I purchased a 180 High Flow thermostat and fitted. Bottom hose was one of those ribbed flex type hoses with spring in it, I purchased a new normal bottom hose with spring, also new red coolant. Test drive, temp reached 185 quickly and still went to 210 but took a bit longer to get there. Will look at cutting holes and adding flaps into the plastic fan shroud next day off, might even put another gauge on just to be sure. Sniper, going back to a belt pump is a major operation that will mean changing power steering pump and alternator locations, you may be right but hope not Is 210 too hot ? Again thanks for your input .
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Re: Overheats at speed
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What's the ignition timing at those rpms? Do you run a vacuum advance?
Locked up at 35 deg
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Sounds to me like you are trying to run a race car on the street.
locked timing, electric pump, etc.
A lot of things that make sense at the strip fail to make it on the street, which it looks like you are finding out the hard way.
35 degrees might make sense at WOT throttle but it doesn't make sense anywhere else.
At cruise you want more timing than that, which is why there is vacuum advance. Probably part of your running hot issue as well.
Yes mate the car is a bit on the race side, will go 9.90’s and I understand I am asking a lot but I’ll get there. You say I need more than 35 degrees at cruise ? The car drives beautiful and smooth .
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Are you running the stock diameter crank & water pump pulleys? Can the air coming into your grill go around the radiator to get past it without flowing through it? Sorry, I posted before reading the guys posts, which are on point. I also agree it's likely the electric water pump.
Yes, vacuum advance beyond the 35* total will allow the motor to run cooler at road speed. If you switch you ignition box to a programmable one like the MSD Programmable 6, I believe you can add a simulated vacuum advance feature, but I have not done it.
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Re: Overheats at speed
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The car drives beautiful and smooth .
Except for that running hot thing. Yes, you really ought to advance the timing at cruise, maybe that programmable setup mentioned can suffice, not familiar with it so I can't say.
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Just my here. Seeing as how you are running a 1/2 fill block on the street, you might want to consider an oil cooler and/or oil temp gauge. Randy
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is the hood sealed to the core support ? that will maximize the air going through the radiator opening instead of just "spilling over" the top of the support. are your electric fans aftermarket, or some type of OEM ? if aftermarket, i have found them to be optimistic at best on amount of airflow. i ONLY use OEM fans in EVERY electric fan application. they are far and above ANY aftermarket fan made. be warned, however, they require many amps to operate, so an upgraded electrical system is a must. they also consider high speed airflow, so their shrouds are designed for airflow at speed, while the aftermarket fans and shrouds are not. lastly, puller fans are way more efficient than pusher fans. please keep us updated.
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Re: Overheats at speed
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Just my here. Seeing as how you are running a 1/2 fill block on the street, you might want to consider an oil cooler and/or oil temp gauge. Randy See original post mate, I am running a larger oil cooler and I do have an oil temp gauge , oil temp was about 220/230 when water was 210
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