Overheating 360 new engine

'68cuda416 said
LOL

Don't make me post all your quotes where you say you put your car on a trailer if it has to go more than 10 miles, or where you said you wouldn't drive it 60 miles one way, or that you're scared of getting it damaged. You said it, not me.

George Jets said
Looks like the OP went off the rails with his project when he somehow decided he was going with the serpentine belt and pulley system.

It moved everything forward and now he is crammed on space, and is boxed into a corner with his overheating issue.

Should have left it a stock arrangement, they are good for added power and they keep it running cool.

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Ma Mopar had it right, right from the start.

Yeah, those are Ma Mopar headers, a Ma Mopar ignition system, a Ma Mopar aluminum radiator...

RustyRatRod said
Just to be technical and straighten something out. Cam overlap and or intake valve closing does not "blow off" compression. More overlap and or IVC event simply makes the engine "not build as much in the first place" since the intake valve is closing later than a camshaft whose IVC is somewhat earlier.

That's a better way to put it, I was just using the slang

Rat Bastid said
Dynamic compression ratio? Another meaningless measurement because you don’t know the VE for the calculation.

I see the problem. You build fictional ratios and I don’t.

Oh whatever you have to tell yourself to make you feel better

I measured all the actual volumes for my 340 to get my static ratio. All I'm trying to get out of you is some kind of accepted reference because the cam specs make a difference for what you can get away with for a static compression ratio. Perhaps YOU can suggest a better way to compare different engines with different static compression ratios and different cam profiles? Because this isn't about an engine YOU built, it's about somebody else's.