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cortcomp wrote:
i made sure i had the larger crank pulley and the smaller water pump pulley and aluminum radiator and 7 blade fan and high flow water pump and the exhaust is free flowing and fuel mixture was spot on.
Any newer car (80s and up) should have no trouble idling in summer heat if it's in good running condition, especially with electric fans to keep everything cool kicking on and off.
You said it all there, brother. The hard way first, and the easy way second: Retrofit electric fans if you want your overheating problems to suddenly disappear!
On your note about idling and "cylinder wash" on gasoline engines-- with a carburetor, yes, the mixture tends to keep getting richer as the car idles longer. With fuel injection--usually not a problem, especially for newer electronic fi systems. Basically, you could idle a whole tank dry without a problem, even on a hot day with the AC left on! Locked my keys in running car once ('95 Ford 4.6 L V8) My passenger hit the door locks and I didn't know it, got out to open the garage, we both shut our doors and that was that. Idled with the AC on for about an hour on a very hot day. No problem.
On running without a thermostat... some will probably remember the days of "winter" and "summer" thermostats, and all the problems you could get into when you didn't change them out. Often "summer" was NO thermostat, and in those days, there was no such thing as circulating the water too fast to cool it.
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