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    I'm like you, anything over 200 scares me, but I am kind of learning that my thinking might be old fashioned. My daily driver has an all aluminum engine and it runs at 208-212 even at night. I took it back to the dealer and they told me if it gets up to 230 start worrying !

    They tell me the newer cars electric fans don't even come on until about 221 or so. But if you put a shroud on that fan it will help, I bet. We also just got some restrictor plates from Mondellos for the 455 Olds in my Sons car and they told us to toss the thermostat and put that in............we did and the temp came down 10 degrees.

    Don
    Last edited by Itoldyouso; 07-07-2011 at 11:39 PM.

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