Well I better post that thanks to the info supplied I have fixed the
overheating probs I had on my car. Rad rebuilt with modern core, Derale fan
which
was on the car, new Edelbrock water pump and new thermostat , which I prob did
not need. I did block the area where the horns are but have not done the
'chin" spoiler yet that steve described. Where the hors fit through the rad
support I welded washers on the end of the horn supports, so the horns sat
about
an inch ahead. i did this so I could remove the washers and return to stock if
I want. I used 1/8 in thick black plastic that i have used for snowmobile
and dirt bike bash plates to block the horn areas. I used the ideas on line to
get ideas then played around . I had the rad, shroud, horns , grille etc out
so easy to try stuff. I ended up cutting the black plastic to fit from the
front of the rad support. Fastened the blockers from the front using the extra
rad holes. On my car each side of the rad support has 4 holes only 2 are used
to hold the rad and the bottom ones also hold the shroud. There are 2 holes
that do nothing and I used these to bolt on my plastic blockers. cut a slot
like steve suggested for the horn brackets, put them and the wires through and
silicon sealed the whole thing. I also cut out the bottom of my rad support,
it was in bad shape so while not org, i saved it. but that whole area on my
car is damaged so I went ahead. So we did 100 miles on a day of + 32c and
had no overheating probs. Slow crawling or fast high way we were good. if it
got hot on the crawling it droped fast when we got on the highway. gotta go ,
but thanks all.....thanks Nick, i basically did what you did.....cheers
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