Again I had a person ask me why their 54 gets hot, They spent money on a rebuilt water pump, radiator,temperature gage,thermostat, and it still gets hot. I first ask them if they had rebuilt the engine and if so %99 OF THE TIME THE SHOP will installed the front large freeze plug at the front engine area. Few shops have done a 235 Corvette engine so they treat it like a 235 CAR engine which will have the freeze plug installed, but not used in a Corvette engine.
Because the Corvette water pump was lowered . to get the water pump fan blade centered on the radiator. If the plug is installed, your main water passage is reduced to two small holes.
If you think this happened removing only the pump you can see if it's there or not as the water pump spacer in side center is the same size as the plug.
Because the Corvette water pump was lowered . to get the water pump fan blade centered on the radiator. If the plug is installed, your main water passage is reduced to two small holes.
If you think this happened removing only the pump you can see if it's there or not as the water pump spacer in side center is the same size as the plug.
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