01-17-2011, 01:57 PM
The water level was fine. I also run a reservior. It's a new motor and the radiator has been rodded out. Coolant less than 1000 miles. I'm changing the thermostat because it just doesn't seem like I'm really getting up to operating temperature in the winter. Hard to tell about the accuracy of the factory temp gauge but it barely gets to around 160. I have an Autometer mechanical gauge run to the back of the intake and it barely gets to 130-140. Heater doesn't really blow hot air. I was hoping the guy that built my motor had put a 160 deg stat in there but it was stamped 180. I may just put a new heater core in it and check the temperature with another gauge or pyrometer. In the summer both the gauges show that it is up to operating temperature. It seems unlikely that the motor is not getting to operating temperature but I suppose it's possible.
JD
JD