| patmodela | -- 08-08-2020 @ 8:09 PM |
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WHAT IS THE NORMAL ENGINE TEMPERATURE OF A 1953 FORD CAR IN DEGREES ON A 85 DEGREE DAY This message was edited by patmodela on 8-8-20 @ 8:13 PM
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| MG | -- 08-08-2020 @ 8:15 PM |
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Shoot for 180°....This would be the 'ideal' operating temperature....
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| carcrazy | -- 08-08-2020 @ 9:15 PM |
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A general rule of thumb for Flathead V-8 Fords, when the cooling system is functioning properly, is that the coolant temperature will be approximately 100 degrees F warmer than the ambient temperature. Use of 160 degree F thermostats will give you a little bit more of a cushion on engine temperature.
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| ford38v8 | -- 08-08-2020 @ 11:18 PM |
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Carcrazy, I hope you are not suggesting that 160º thermostats will keep your engine cooler than 180º thermostats? The cooler stats will open earlier, but the temp will continue to rise beyond the stat's opening range, until going downhill, when the 180º stats would have been the preferred range. Alan
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| carcrazy | -- 08-08-2020 @ 11:28 PM |
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No, I am not suggesting that 160's will keep your car cooler than 180's. They just open sooner as the car warms up.
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| mfirth | -- 08-09-2020 @ 4:35 AM |
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I have owned 2 8BA powered 50's Ford cars. They both ran GR8 with 180 stats. Tried 160's, but my engines ran @ 180 consistantly with 180s. mike
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| therunwaybehind | -- 08-09-2020 @ 4:44 AM |
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180 degree thermostats are for permanent Ethylene glycol antifreeze. 160 degree thermostats are for alcohol based much cheaper antifreeze that will boil off and be lost at 180 degrees. That is all. The normal temperature of a rodded out and boiled out Ford radiator long after new is the temperature held by the thermostat. When I would put my car up on blocks and drain the block every Winter I did not use antifreeze. Rust inhibitor? Better to avoid hard water like found in Southern California. The cars temperature when running is more set by load as in speed and climbing hills. My father's 1953 Ford station wagon in that era climbed Telegraph Hill in San Francisco and dodged logging truck on a one way gravel road coming down while climbing in Olympia National Park in Washington state. It visited Fresno, California in the summer in August. It towed a 1956 Holly travel trailer that weighed 5000 lb and had a 1000 lb tongue weight according to the Montana official weigh station on the way to Glacier National Park and Going to the Sun Highway. It's weakness to heat was apparently the main bearings which the dealer replaced when it was traded in for a 1957 Ford six version. This message was edited by therunwaybehind on 8-9-20 @ 5:28 AM
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