i got everything back together , but i always had my factory temp gauge and its allways been off i guess . its a 383 lt1 forged and ai headed that put down 452 rwhp on motor and 750 rwhp on the shot threw a auto and 12 bolt and slicks . i put a autometer gauge in and it runs 230 deg driving down the road and goes to 250 deg when hard on it . what rad and fans are u guys getting or with one is the meanest ones out there ?plus im still running all the a/c stuff , i love my a/c !

 

Are you sure you bleed the system properly? Stock fan settings?

The stock cooling system works very well. The baddest out there would brabably be a BeCool radiator, but that big $$$.

 

yea its bleed and been running hot for years i didnt know the factory gauge was off that far . fans are on all the time .im running a electric water pump . these are the 3 i was looking at .
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GRI-6-893AE-GXX/
http://www.jegs.com/i/Be+Cool+Radiat...62028/10002/-1
http://www.jegs.com/i/Be+Cool+Radiat...61028/10002/-1

 

When was the last time you had it flushed? It shouldn't be running at 230 if your fans are running all the time. I don't think your mods are to blame. You might have a fault in your cooling system somewhere.

 

the motor is new right now , so its all clean .and the motor has hard block to the bottom of the frezze plugs .

 

Ran the stock rad w/ ewp and stock fans w/ no problem. I'm running a Fluidyne radiator now w/ the same results. You've got something going on

 

yea i know , it ran this way with old motor i just didnt know since the factory gauge was off so much . i think my radiator is bad and if im going to spend the money i want the best one i can find !

 

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GRI-6-893AE-BXX/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/GRI-6-893AE-GXX/



http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRM-19008/

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PRM-19114/

anybody know anything about these ????

 

I had overheating problems with my 383 but supercharged. I also have ac and it would get hot in traffic. try this first. I put radiator cleaner not the 10 minute stuff, the one that says to drive for a couple of hours, I drove it for a few days. Then I went to a wrecking yard and bought a electric fan off of a Honda or simular, Only paid $20. I wedged the fan in front of the radiator and brace and wired it to the stock fans...After that, I could Idle all day in traffic with the ac on in the Texas heat..