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I just read the book for the 2nd time since Christmas. It is an awesome story about the people who put PERFORMANCE in Mopar. Herb McCandless told me that Dick Maxwell and Tom Hoover were the 2 guys most responsible for his success. That prompted me to research them and lead me to this book...

That is a Nissan Merlot Pearl color. Thanks!

I thought I published final pictures. Sorry about that. Here are a few. Also, I finally determined that it has a 40 Chrysler, not DeSoto, front bumper. This is a fun car to drive! Thank you to all the FABO members who helped me sort it out.

Shazam! Took the shroud off, fabricated new mounts and took it for a spin. At 70 mph, 91 degrees ambient, it stayed on 180! I guess my homemade shroud was too shallow and too restrictive after all. Looks like it will stay cool when idling with the A.C. on, as well. Thanks for everyone help And...

Too late. Removing it wasn't as big a deal as infrared. (Hardly ever is.) I've made a new mount and will give it a try today.

I took it for a drive today and drove it in lower gears and same speed. This has the effect of increasing rpm and water pump speed. Result - nada. Same temps as before. So, the pulley thing is not my problem, apparently. I spoke to George at Champion Radiators later. His suggestion is that my...

I already welded it up. Got 12 initial and 34 at 3300. Thanks.

I'm definitely nowhere near opening the secondaries. The poor mileage was because my vacuum advance wasn't working, I'm sure. Haven't verified that yet but feel pretty confident it will be improved. Plus, was able to go to a leaner setup with the changed timing.

Haven't tried that. The load on the engine would be different for sure. I will try it tomorrow just to see.

Thanks! It validates what I think is happening. I'm anxious to try it.

I am running hypereutectic pistons. Summit P/N SLP-8KH116CP30. I can't find the specs on them, however. (You wouldn't happen to know would you?) They must have changed them. This one pings hot or cold with low octane fuel, even with my new timing setup. Maybe my water pump is not as efficient...

My crank pulley is about 7 3/8" diameter and the water pump pulley is about 7" or so. (It's hard to get to with all the belts on.) I am definitely turning the water pump slow, especially with overdrive in my transmission. Looks like the 3418227 pulley would speed me up. Is that correct? It...

Thanks. I don't have a shop manual. This is my first Mopar build and I have learned EVERYTHING the hard way.....it seems.

Why don't I just pull over and shoot both of them with my IR thermometer . They can't cool off that quickly. Isn't there a smaller pulley available for the water pump? That seems easy enough to try, given all the crap I've already done. The delta T will change with increased flow rate.

I don't think so. When the fan kicks on, there is a lot of hot air coming through. Ram air at 70 mph should be even more. Trust me, I've beat the air flow thing to death.