New crate 454
Last month I broke the crank in my 1988 Winnebago Super Chief. It had only 57,000 miles on it. I located a GM crate engine 454. I took my time and installed the engine piece by piece. I went with a n...
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Almost sound like n thermostat.
Radiator may be four core but not as many fins or total cooling surface.
Have it put on a scope and check initial time and advance curve.
Pull a plug and see if it is burned up glazed and white.
Pull a plug and see if it is burned glazed and white etc or just lean.
How about the shrouding around fan?
Do the heads match the exhaust manifolds?
A fresh engine will not be very hot because of better sealing and clean passages etc after a few miles. The radiator should be capable of handling such minor extra loads without any sweat otherwise every time you pull a hill of it's a 100 degrees outside you would have to pull to the side.
Radiator may be four core but not as many fins or total cooling surface.
Have it put on a scope and check initial time and advance curve.
Pull a plug and see if it is burned up glazed and white.
Pull a plug and see if it is burned glazed and white etc or just lean.
How about the shrouding around fan?
Do the heads match the exhaust manifolds?
A fresh engine will not be very hot because of better sealing and clean passages etc after a few miles. The radiator should be capable of handling such minor extra loads without any sweat otherwise every time you pull a hill of it's a 100 degrees outside you would have to pull to the side.
