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Old 02-09-2012, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by GregWeld View Post
Now -- You said you have a SBC 400..... and they were notorious (wrongly so) for overheating. The reason that block had overheat issues was that people stuck SBC heads on 'em without drilling the steam hole in the head AND the gasket....
I went back and read that he has a 400 Bowtie block, Most of the true Bowtie blocks don't have the steam holes

A "crossflow" radiator will make a big difference too
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