Radiator / cooling question

I have a ****** cooler that is mounted on the front of my radiator and it covers probaly half of it. Its a stock radiator in a 54 chevy with a 230 six thats been punched 30 over and running a mild to good size cam.

My question is... will that ****** cooler covering the radiator cause the car to run a little hot??? I'm running a 190 thermostat and it runs fine while moving but heats up to 210 or so when sitting at a light, even when it cool outside.

I have bought a cylinder type cooler to see if it makes a difference but would still like to know if i should look for a new radiator or not.

Thanks in advance...

 

the size of the ****** cooler isnt the cause of your car running hot. im not too familiar with the 230 but i wouldnt say 210 is all that hot. an increase in temp is normal when idling. if you dont feel like you radiator is doing a good enough job, get a new one. first i would flush the system a few times to get any crud out that might be retaining heat in the block and then go from there.

 

If it runs cool enough when moving, you probably ought to look at your fan setup. Maybe you just need a shroud to pull more air thru the radiator at idle.

 

I prefer 180 therm. & fan type & distance between fan & radiator is more imporant than you think, also anifreese mixture will raise your boiling point, but 210 isn,t that hot!! 230 is getting there!!!!!!

Pickle dilley

 

I have to agree with the others - your ****** cooler isn't blocking your radiator at all and causing it to heat up - lack of airflow at idle is. A proper fan shroud would really help lower your temps at idle and low speed cruising. You didn't mention if you had an issue prior to installing the current ****** cooler. Did it go up after you installed it?

 

...why not mount a smaller cooler for the trans along the framerail beside the trans, lots of guys do em this way, out of site, works, and doesn't block the radiator. Like said before, 210 ain't too bad but it'll probly get hotter in hot weather.

 

as most have mentioned; if the car runs cool enough when moving but doesn't when not moving, then you have NO problems with the radiator or the ****** cooler. you have an airflow problem. solve that and you're home free. either install a shroud (if you don't already have one), change to a high cfm fan, etc.

if a certain amount of airflow at speed will cool your car then the same airflow at a stoplight will cool your car exactly the same.

 

Thanks men...i think i know what i need to do now.