borrow some manifold vacuum

Moper that really could be! a newbie picks up alot of different things on the internet. so I'm kinda fishing in here and experimenting. Sounds like we agree that the cooling system is a priority though. I could hurt something if I keep running too hot while trying things.

Tell me, I'm pretty confident about my temp gauge readings, what is too hot? thermostat is 180* and it sits there even at a crawl, but if it sits it goes into the 220's in 5 minutes , i've never let it go to 230