460 stroked to 535, blown 871, aluminum heads, electric 35 gpm water pump, 160 high flow stat, asi 4 core aluminum radiator ,5200 cfm dual 12 " fans, 50/50 coolant dex cool, externally balanced no balancer, starts great hot or cold, tem rises to 213 with stat open and fans on and continues 1 degrees every 45 sec, afr setting is 11:7:1 because of the blower, iac steps is 12, idle is 1050, any ideas..........

 

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Is it getting hot when idling or cruising? From what I have researched 180 would be better, do a google search on it. What is your base timing?

 

I verified the flow letting the electric water pump run while the fans are on and it take about 5 min to cool to 158 from 219,
no block fill, I have 3 pints of purple in there now, fans are dual 12" 2600 cfm each or 5200 total I have a sheet metal shroud about 3/4 off of core area, core area is 21 1/4 x 16/1/4 with 3 1/2 inch tanks all aluminum from ASI, the both come on at 176 and pull through the radiator, now timing this is my first externally balanced for blower car, there is NO balancer so I cant give the timing specs, it starts fast and easy cold or hot no pinging distributor was set in timed to number 1 cylinder and plugged into the 6aL box I do not have a adjustable timing
controller the distributor is from assault racing it is a mechanical distributor the water pump is a cvf 35 gph electric billit pump .,..,.,.,.,.,..,., any thoughts you can see it running on youtube search custom 500 alive

 

idling in park in the garage and out in the driveway with a 36 inch barrel fan blowing on the radiator base timing I have no idea no balancer on the motor it is externally balanced the distributor was set at number 1 it is a assault billit mechanical distributor connected to a 6aL box no timing controler

 

very well could be a timing issue I have no idea what it is set at, we set the distributor and got the motor running adjusted it where it seem to run best never messed with one with no balancer or timing marks

 

I will call summit today and work out a better more correct distributor and the timing tape and a pointer and start there I believe my cooling sys seems accurate and should be cooling it

 

When you turn over the motor to find tdc pull out all the plugs it makes it easier.

 

no it has a rubber seal all the way around the face of the shroud is 3/4 off of the core area

 

I ordered a decent msd distributor timing tap you shown a ati pointer and a spring kit I will find "0" and set timing at 6 btdc and total all in advance at 2500/3000 when it all shows up and report back

 

the motor is installed in a 1967 custom 500 (galaxie platform) 2 door the trans was custom built with reverse valve body t-brake 4000 stall custom steel drive shaft 3.5 inch with the big ford u-joints the rear end is a cobra 8.8 posi with ford racing 4:11 gear set as far as the timing I will investigate diff manufactures the 6 degrees BTDC is what summit racing suggested it be set too

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well I received the stuff from summit and the msd 8577 distributor is too tall wont fit under the blower so I found true tdc "0" turned the motor so the pointer is at 15 to the right of "0" set the original distributor back in unfortunately I set it in 180 out ? duh it burped and now my valve covers are leaking oil this distributor is a assault racing mechanical pe331 it has no weights I bought mine in 2015 but I did find one on ebay to show you item number 201300524187 the only other distributor I found was one jegs suggested from pro comp it is a 8000 series pce376-1109 it has 4 preprogramed curve settings controlled by dip switches and it can use a crab cap pce371-1034 any way this time motor seams to be running hotter and heating up quicker and I prob did something wrong cuz it wasn't that way a few days ago lol I am half tempted to verify "0" set distributor at @ 1 tdc start it and just set it at 25 advance @ idle

 

I just called kmj performance and the distributor has a set 21 degrees of advance ....thoughts