Big block cooling issues

yellow rose said

This is not correct. The cooler the better. The cooler the more detonation resistant the engine will be. Cooler makes more horsepower every time.

You have to get the tune up correct for cooler engine temperatures, but cooler always makes more power. I run mine just warm enough so I have heat in the winter. For me, that’s 170.

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I have to disagree a little , remember when burn downs crearted too much h.p. in the hemi top fuel cars? most always resulted in loss of traction and up in smoke.
My hemi would make more h/p the hotter it got to a certain point , and always hurt my tracttion , it was traction limited back then tho-----bad strip for huge torque and h.p. in a heavy car..
Bill jenkins even heated his prostockers to the melting of heads when it came down to the $$ race. Read his book on the ''small block chevy racing engine'' , if u dont believe me .
Other than that I would rather have it cooler than hotter too.