Can't cool my 360

It is always a bit of a challenge to figure out what is causing a problem when there are multiple alternatives that can cause the same result.  My red on red AMX that I sold to a fellow in Virginia had a brand new 390 that just would not run cool no matter what I did to it including new radiator cap, new flush and antifreeze, new thermostat.  Turned out the nice pretty looking radiator was only boiled out and not rodded and when I finally threw in the towel and pulled it out it weighed way more than the exact same style radatior I replaced it with due to at least half the cores being plugged out of the space where you can see it.

Guys, today I got a chance to work on the timing a little.   To make a long story short, I bumped the timing up from 10*to 17* and checked and found I still only had 30* of total advance at 3000 rpms. The springs seemed to be a little stiff so I swapped them out. I drove it around the neighborhood and it never went over 190* so I took it out on I-95 for a quick test run.  I got to drive it about 10 miles and at 65 mph it was 95* out and the water temp never went above 200*! I ran out of time today so I will check tomorrow to see what the total timing is with the new springs. It was 10* cooler outside today than the last few days so I am hoping the thing will still be cooler when the temp goes back up. I will let you know.

70@10% humidity is chilly.

Heck, my wife actually brings a sweater with her when we go out somewhere. She really likes the heat so we keep the house at around 84 on here side where she has her office and 83 on my side where I have my office and turn it "down" to 80 at night in our bedroom. 

Edited by amx39068 - Jul/25/2010 at 9:00pm

I feel like I live in Phoenix! It was 106* here yesterday. My wife was joking with me today when I left for work it was a chilly 103* and she asked me if I wanted a sweater to take with me.