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Re: Backfiring & Distributor update

To: audela2@cox.net
Subject: Re: Backfiring & Distributor update
From: Guy & Pamela Pepoy <gppepoy@cybertrails.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:09:43 -0700
Greetiings,

I had my two row 1600 radiator  re cored to 3 rows for $125. at Royal 
Radiator.  Cost me about $125.  Can't hurt anything but your wallet.
Guy
Tempe, AZ

audela2@cox.net wrote:

>Thanks to this most excellent list and its archives, we got the old smog 
>distributor out of the '64 1600 and a spare one marked 6.5 installed without a 
>hitch. What a difference!!  Len says the Roadster is much more responsive and 
>has a lot more power (I haven't driven it yet.)  We took it on the freeway and 
>got up to 70MPH without so much as a stutter.  The temp doesn't seem to go 
>quite as high either, hovering just under 190 unless we push it past 50-60MPH. 
> We suspect that the 1500 radiator is too small in its current state to handle 
>the 1600 engine.  Does this sound plausible and if so, would recoring it to 3 
>or 4 rows help?  We realized rather quickly that the larger 1600 radiator 
>isn't exactly a bolt-in part.  What else could be causing it to heat up?  
>We've got a 180deg thermostat currently installed, I used a candy thermometer 
>to test it and it appears to be working fine.
>
>Thanks again!!!!
>Charlotte & Leonard Hoover
>'64 1500
>'64 1600
>Phoenix, AZ

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