Thread: Project "Left Overs"

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Don,
Looks really good! Glad to see you are pre-heating these areas.
Will you have to run a electric water pump for your cooling
Ken

Thanks Ken. No, I don't think I will need anything but the stock pump. I wondered the same thing but have spoken to several people running rear radiators at shows, and have talked to others on some forums, and all say the stock pump puts out enough flow to go back there and return ok. I've done some measuring and should be able to fit in a 19 x 29 inch aluminum radiator. That, coupled with the cooling effects of all that tubing should do a good job of keeping the temps down..........maybe too good of a job. I'll have to cross that bridge when I come to it.

One guy I spoke with at a show said his only problem was burping the air out of the system as the engine was higher than his radiator. So he picked up the back of the rod with his front end loader and kept adding coolant until all the air was out. We rodders do some crazy stuff.


Don

Don,
You have probably thought of this but what about adding a bleeder valve at the highest point on the engine to release the air? Perhaps at the thermostat housing?

Jack.