BMFC, Tiiming, and Coatings

[Tom Sharpe]

Just seat of the pants measurements... medium hot 406 sbc, electric fan (on @
200), griffin radiator, 7 qt pan, with mild overheating problems... Idle in
traffic H2O @ 220-235, now 195-200,  Oil @ 230-250+ now 200. At 75 mph cruse,
lite load, H2O was 190-195, now 180, (thermostat), oil was 200-210 now 185.
Around Elkart lake for 1 hr, H2O @210, oil at 200, was 190, 190 before we were
back to the pits.   tom S

HPC has oil sheading coatings for crank, rods, block etc.. Tom S

Bruce Plecan wrote:

> Has anyone run any "independent" testing on these barrier coatings for what
> they actually have seen as an improvement pre+post coating?.
>   Has any one run any endurance tests?.
> Do I need mention that this might need a complete recal to get right.
> Bruce