63 Dodge Dart, now let me see;)

Ok, wired it open, figuring this direction ccw is open. Not the prettiest job, but is an experiment. Took 14minutes to get up to 200 Took a while to get there. 400 degrees on the first exhaust manifold coming off the head, of course that varies.
got to go, gary wants a hamburger lol

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Ah, the Mopar heat riser! My first issue with one was the day I bought a 70 Challenger, just a 318 Vert back ion late 80s. Ran good, of course it was for sale, and back then a guy would be there to look 24 hours after I got it home. So I fire it up, exhaust was a little loud, it had been sitting in a cow pasture a while. He hears this tic tic tic and gets in hos car and is gone, just like that. Bout then, I figure it is the darn heat riser flapping. Ever since, I extract the darn thing, and weld the holes shut!

AC water pumps are designed to flow more water, IF I am not confused on my old age. Pullies are different size, radiator is larger (right?).

I might have missed the info, but do you have a HF heat gun ($15 on sale day)? to check temp all over the radiator? and other places? like is every cylinder the same temp pretty much? etc etc