somethings not right here

67Dart273 said

Bill don't beat yourself up, remember this: There IS (was) a way. Many of us had BB/ RB cars "back then" and THEY didn't overheat. My V code 70 RR was a sixpack, later had a Sig Erson in it and IT did not overheat in San Diego/ LA traffic.

The other thing is "is it puking water?" If not you might be "over worrying" a bit

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Del, it isn't puking water. I installed the pusher fan. Took this down to Cruising the Coast along with the Rat Rod and the Valiant. We got in traffic a couple of times. I hooked the pusher fan up on a toggle switch and running down the road with the fan off it ran 180* or below. When I did get in traffic I immediately flipped the fan on and the temp never ran over 190*. And at some times the traffic was really bad. I am satisfied with it right now. I think it ran real well. At the same time the rat rod has a bone stock 454 BB engine with only a puller fan on it. He was behind me all the time in the same traffic and he was running 220-225*. So the idea that a pusher fan is bad and wont work is bull. The idea that all you need is a puller is bull in my opinion. I proved this wrong on this trip. What I am going to do now to help is drill the thermostat with a couple of 3/16" holes . I talked to some of the guys down there who had much bigger engines than mine and all of them had pusher and mechanical fans and some had pusher with puller fans and they told me that when they drilled the thermostat that it helped but running down the road the temp never ran over 180*. Most of the time it ran between 160-180*. So the idea that the pusher fan on the front would block air flow to the radiator and it would overheat is false. Thanks for all your input.