Hi to all. Over the winter I went through the front end of the car while having the heads off to get the valve guides done. Sooooo much more room with them off. Anyway, since I've done that the engine is running a little warmer than last year under the same conditions. In 90* temps it runs about 190* on the highway and creeps up to about 220* in stop and go traffic. This morning I went for a ride and it's about 80*, ran about 180* at highway speed and crept up to about 210* in stop and go traffic. Not super hot and not losing coolant but it never ran that hot in the past, generally it ran 10-15* cooler than what I'm experiencing now. So here's what I changed.
Swapped my "functional replacemnt" fan for an original "Tipped" fan.
Put in a correct water pump and removed a "FlowKooler" pump
Painted my fairly new aluminum radiator black
Had the heads rebuilt, stock but used Manley Street Flow valves
Everything else is set up the same as last year. I'm not in a panic, I just don't like the higher temps.
Any ideas???
Thanks!!!
Swapped my "functional replacemnt" fan for an original "Tipped" fan.
Put in a correct water pump and removed a "FlowKooler" pump
Painted my fairly new aluminum radiator black
Had the heads rebuilt, stock but used Manley Street Flow valves
Everything else is set up the same as last year. I'm not in a panic, I just don't like the higher temps.

Thanks!!!
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