Quote Originally Posted by Itoldyouso View Post
Your overflow tank should not start out empty, you want some coolant in there to replace what goes out, when the motor cools it sucks it back in. Make sure your cap is designed for a CLOSED cooling system. A regular cap is designed to let coolant out, but won't open to let it go back in.

This is the cap I'm using (16lbs.)






What temp is your engine running at? Are you getting warmer at lights or going down the road?
Going by the gauge on the dash (old SW Deluxe), she stays around 190* and goes up to 200* on warm days.

On extremely hot days, she'll push 215-220* at lights.

It's roughly the same going by the thermocap.


Oh, and make sure your overflow hose from the radiator goes to the correct fitting on the bottom of the overflow tank. It should go to the lowest one when looking down into the overflow tank. The theory is, the excess coolant rises and eventually will come out the taller tube. If you are hooked up to the wrong one it will spill out much faster onto the ground.
It was the first thing I checked



Quote Originally Posted by Bug View Post
One thing you could look into is the 160 deg T-Stat. Too low of t-stat could make you run hotter because it is not letting the coolant stay in the rediator lon enought to cool it down.
I'm not overly concerned about it since I check my fluids before every outing and it only happens on extremely hot days

I just don't want it to puke on the ground at shows or the track

The front tank is more for aesthetics than anything since the usual SS bar is kinda boring

If I can get it to catch some puke, then it's a win win for me



Quote Originally Posted by IC2 View Post
Since he already told me on the HOTRODDERS.com site when I mentioned this, all of you kind folks are just preachin' to the choir as "he checks the fluids before every run".


Yeah, I cross posted as this forum tends to go down more than a cheap hooker