So I went in to the city today and the outside temp was about 95°. After leaving my house and driving 70 down the highway for 10 miles with the AC on I pulled in to my wife's office and it was about 195° engine temp. Came back out 20 minutes later and it was about 215 then cooled to 205 in bumper to bumper traffic with the AC on for a half hour. Just for a test I drove with no AC at 55 mph for about 20 minutes and it ran at 195. Maybe it's ok. After my daughter's ball game it had cooled to about 80°f outside and I took freeway and highway home with the AC on and it never topped 190.
I still think I'll put that rubber piece on the hood to seal to the the rad support and double check which water pump I have installed. Maybe a high flow thermostat. If it never went higher than 180 like the old days I'd feel much better!
Thanks for all the input and ideas.
Cley
