Blueprint 408 cooling system questions.

Did he ever put a 20 dollar infra red temp gun on it?
At some point in the thread he did. 200 on the water neck I believe. So much going on in here. Total timing not coming in until 4000+ rpm...a copper/brass radiator, no shroud, carb issues, dieseling...on and on. Would like to help him get it figured out, if he gets back on.