914 V8 cooling, overheating issues |
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914 V8 cooling, overheating issues |
John2kx |
Mar 7 2004, 07:51 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 502 Joined: 22-August 03 From: Augusta, Ga. Member No.: 1,066 |
Howard,
I run a Renegade cooling system and have had overheating issues along the way. Most were due to problems caused by myself. I'll post some pics of my system and be glad to share what I have learned the last year and a half. First pic is of water sender location. I actually run two gauges. The two brass fittings are my temperature monitor points. Since the water from pump is routed into block, to heads and then to intake prior to moving back to radiator, the intake is the preferred location of sender. John Attached image(s) |
BIGKAT_83 |
Mar 8 2004, 12:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,798 Joined: 25-January 03 From: Way down south Bogart,GA Member No.: 194 Region Association: South East States |
Howard when I looked at the pictures of your car on Ebay. The cooling system was a early Renegade. It is two radiator cores one in front and one in the rear and a double pass system with the water going to the front core first and then to the rear. If you look you can see that the common tank is on the left. I had one of these in my car at first and it cooled great. This is really a good radiator and should cool your car fine.
With the temp. sender in the head its going to read hotter than if it was mounted on the intake by the thermostat. What kind of Heads and headers are on your car? I can see that the headers are for spread port head and it looks like a adapter is used for a standard head. This is really a good thing you don't see these everyday. Lets see some more pictures of the radiator and how the thing is plumbed up. Bob |
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