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insanemach1

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Well saturday is gonna be the Mach's debut at the track. I am very excited but still a little worried about the car overheating i replaced the thermo and flushed it out but still after about 7 miles or so it shuts down. On the bright side it will at least go down the 1320. I installed the stumpy subframe connectors they are great. traction bars go in before the race and i am gonna need them i laid about a 45 foot patch in front of my house and didn't really launch her that hard. Gonna have to figure something out cause the race is domestic VS imports and i would like to have a good showing don't really wanna go through having to admit i lost to a pepsi bottle.

Well wish me luck and if anyone has any ideas on the overheating hit me up

 

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insanemach1,
My MII stay about 190 degrees...

Do you have the stock radiator?
What Temp Thermostat?
Is your water pump working?
When you flush your Cooling system is there a lot of crap in it?
When it overheats does it steam out of the radiator cap or are you just getting vapor lock?

If you give us a little more info we may be able to help you out!

Chad

BTW it looks as if we have about the same setup!

 

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Gael

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Yeah give us more info, then we can give you ideas about your cooling issues.

 

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If you installed the head gaskets backwards, the engine will overheat.

 

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I have the stock rad.
180 deg therm
no steam from rad when it overheats

 

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insanemach1 said:

I have the stock rad.
180 deg therm
no steam from rad when it overheats

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I have to agree with Blue Thunder, I don't think you are getting circulation of your coolant.

I would first check to make sure you thermostat is in the right direction and then check the water pump. But after that, it is over my head so I will leave it to the experts here!
Chad

 

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My car overheats at the track from waiting in line too long! Mine is because it needs a new radiator or fan shroud though.

 

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Gael

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is your radiator in good shape? or is it clogged up?

 

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Blue Thunder said:

If you installed the head gaskets backwards, the engine will overheat.

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lol

 

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blue Thunder
If you installed the head gaskets backwards, the engine will overheat

1badII said:

lol

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That's actually a pretty common thing. The 5.0 gaskets are directional, but they fit on either way. If you put them on backwards, you block the coolant holes to the heads.

 

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The Thremo was sticking and it wasn't even 3 days old.I knocked the center out and ran it that way. I didn't race in the Imports Vs Domestic race cause it would have been a waste of time but i did test and tune got 2 passes With a really bad miss a tired motor and not hooking up at the line ( traction bars never made it in we got drunk instead ) i ran a best of 17.45 gonna do some work and tack her back in a couple of weeks. a 17 is bad i don't care what you drive. I did have fun racing anyways me and alot of my friends got to hang out like when we were in high school ah the good old days