Quote Originally Posted by firebird77clone View Post
You might consider changing that 170 Tstat for a 190 now that the cooling issue is resolved.


I've seen Tech lecture often that a low temp T stat is bad.
If you look back at things Smokey Yunick did, one was proving that the higher you can run your temperature in a CONTROLLED mode, the more efficiency you'll get from your fuel. It's in the heat of vaporization, and maximizing the mix with the incoming air. Boost it to 190 or 195 and you'll burn cleaner.

Quote Originally Posted by Whiplash23T View Post
There (are some) excellent guys on there build some amazing vehicles so I just spend time with those that ain't so anal.
The irony is that most of those that are more anal, preaching how it was "...back in the day" have fathers who weren't born yet "back in the day". They'd have to go back to ask Granddaddy how it was "back in the day", and hope that Granddaddy was an evil hot rodder and not just cruising his Daddy's Chevy to the drive-in.