Siamese Bore Ford Block

The Block Ford sells in the catalog doesn't have water holes between the cyclinders it says in the catalog. Do these engines have a tendency to get warm faster than a passenger car block? Would there be a probloem running one in a street car?


Tore

"This is the first cruise for this engine with a hood on the car. It was in the mid/upper 80s and fairly humid here in metro Detroit today. The car ran hotter with a hood than without (naturally), aprox 10 degrees more.

So the question is this... Is 195 terminal temp during sustained cruising (2500-3000rpm) with spikes of aprox 205 degrees under thrashings, and aprox 190ish during times of coasting, or long stops. TOO hot of a water temp? This is with a 180 thermostat. Should I go back to the 160?

Car ran fine. I didnt get on it too much (still a little nervous about the air cleaner hitting the scoop. Fairly tight tolerances!

Shane"
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1970 Torino GT with a 572" P51 engine....pump gas.

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My personal experince is with the R.E.D. that P. Oakley bought from David Cole a few years ago.

It came with a 588" A460 headed engine....it was later replaced with a 547" FRPP SCJ head deal [4.400" bore] with a factory SCJ 4 bolt block. Same rad./hoses/pump....the A460 blocked engine ran about 10* cooler.

I know what most of you are thinking....I'd declare B.S. myself if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.

very interesting,I expected the opposite.



Thanks Lem: Tore

Tore wrote:very interesting,I expected the opposite.



Thanks Lem: Tore

Maybe it's not the blocks. Maybe the bigger TFS A460 heads run cooler than the FRPP SCJ heads....we may never know for sure.