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yea, na.

none of the thermostats ive tested are even beginning to open at their stated temps. they all seem to be just cracking a few degrees above the stated temp.

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So maybe not an airlock problem, it should've worked it's way out to the cap or reservoir by now if it was do you think 

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is.. (I should click a few pages back)

it actually hot? Ie to the touch, or visiulay?

maybe ignore the meter / sensor? and roll as is

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Just now, JoKer said:

is.. (I should click a few pages back)

it actually hot? Ie to the touch, or visiulay?

maybe ignore the meter / sensor? and roll as is

Remember though, it shows normal temp when driving. 

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Fuck yeah.. Progress. 

Was totally looking forward to you taking me for a drive in this at nats.. Next time hopefully... Definitely 

 

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Been watching a bunch of engines getting built in YouTube. One guy had his water jackets half full of goo from what was probably old stop leak. Another had issues with a newish engine always running warm, full of casting sand still

Both discovered after knocking out the Welsh plugs and highpressuring it out.

Probably you hottanked your block or whatever tho

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Is the consensus that the max retard was the root of the temperature issues? 

Sounds rather glorious it's safe to say, you must be stoked.. 

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hard to say exactly tbh.

temps did drop once we'd sorted the timing issue, but they were getting better all the time. the more load and running it saw the better it got.

so maybe a combo tight new motor and timing issue caused it?

i did learn that you cant use the trigger wire to the coil as the trigger for your timing light because it gives a false reading. i dont know by how much, couple of degrees i would imagine.

but it is false.

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On 16/02/2020 at 20:31, cletus said:

How retarded is the timing? That can make things overheat  

 

Good old Clint.. 

 

Stoked it's going good.. 

 

 

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