O.K,, now it's 1:00,, took thermostat out,,boiled on stove,,,it practically had to boil to crack the stat, and it opened kinda crooked, this is a mr gasket high flow thing, so it has like a dog dish on the bottom that travels downward,,manually the thing opens giant,, but in the water it opened maybe the thickness of a quarter,,mmmm,, test the stock one it works, put that back in motor,,clear rad hose is on,,
Start engine, idles, 160 degree some bubbles traveling through hose,,around 180, whosh it fully opened,, water temp plummets 160, and slowwly starts to rise,,idled around 10-15 min, got up to 205,, lower hood, something stuck, it won't close,, I put my hand up under the hood to feel around,, and it is like a blast furnace, forcing air over the core support,,(U.S. rad guy mentioned this),, opened hood, I left the hookup for the timing light in the way,, after cleared I shut the hood,, and jammed my fingers up in the grill,,there is a suprising amount of heat blowing over still,wrapping right into the rad path,, I took some pipe insul and strecthed it across the support, shut the hood now you can actually feel the coolness of air going past when I jamb my fingers in,,,I was able to get the temp down to 197 quicker than ever by giving it some r's (1500),,maybe I'm getting somewhere here, I sure...SURE..hope so..
