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Originally Posted by Oldsguy
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Too many big words for me.
I once knew a Guy who had the same sort of heating problems, with his 455 powered '50 Olds 88 Coupe, for several years. He "trailered" it to the strips (low elevens) and drove it very little on the street, because of the high temps.
He replaced the radiator with a thicker and larger version (about ⅓ larger) aluminum version, added an inline electric pump, two electric fans, a custom made stainless steel shroud, and
Water Wetter was his choice for coolant.
He asked me, on several occasions, how I could drive mine to Carlsbad, Bakersfield, or Phoenix, make a few passes, and drive it home, without any problems. I could only ask him, why he couldn't do the same.
I eventually bought his Red Coupe at a very good (his wife gave him the ultimatum) price. Put his 468, in place of my 437, drove it down to Carlsbad, made a few passes, and drove it home.
It has a stock '50 Olds radiator, with a 50/50 mix of tap water and whatever coolant was on sale at Autozone, a flex fan, no shroud, a 180°stat, and it ran at 180° (or so) Highway and City.
Norm