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The Flow Kooler water pumps and high flow thermostats are supposed to (likely work) increase coolant flow. Has anyone ran a Flow Kooler setup in a big block & what were your results? Thanks!
On a Jack & lift it SLOW. Road Roberts idea of strapping it to the Jack is a GREAT idea. I think I used a transmission adapter for my floor Jack (1-1/2 square)
IF you can find it, a paint stripper with methylene chloride (aka dichloromethane) work best (causes cancer too). My 2nd choice would be a 1:1 mix of toluene or xylene with MEK (methyl ethyl ketone)
A shop did a different set of heads for me, so I didn’t see the guides or heads. The guides were original 1971 that were knurled in the mid 1980’s (fyi)
I ran a 1980’s 292/509 and it had one tiny pink spot, between lobes, near the front of the cam where you could see it, over some purple paint. Besides the lobes, the whole can is purple. I would bet you have the “Hemi grind” purple shaft as listed above…..if it’s tough to keep it idling, maybe...