junkyard 396ss coolant advice

Bruce nacelp at bright.net
Tue Aug 28 16:46:32 GMT 2001


2 row 1.25, for $281
Damn proof readers
Bruce


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce" <nacelp at bright.net>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: junkyard 396ss coolant advice


>
> Your not even taking your car to a mechanic, he's a parts exchanger, and
not
> a very good one at that.
> Jegs has some AL radiators that seem nice.
> 2 row 1" tube for $181, and 2 row 1.25 for 1.25"
> Just put a 2 row in the regal, it holds about 1 quart more fluid then the
> old 3 row did.
> Bruce
>
>
>
> >
> > after a $2300 longblock operation he didn't have the common courtesy to
> > torque down the distributor, the headers, the bellhousing or its two
> missing
> > bolts, and felt he should hook the vacuum advance to the manifold at the
> > spacerplate instead of the carb advance tube.  so...
> >
> > as the distributor shakes itself loose, it would retard the timing, and
> cook
> > the motor.  and as the throttle is applied the timing would fall far
short
> > of the advance of normal running rpms, even if the distributor didn't do
> its
> > job the extra heat on the lean mixture just might.
> >
>
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