Whoohoo! Fixed my heat issue.

[dhen]

Well mostly. I put a turbo blanket on and now the engine will sometimes go up to 220 if I boost it a lot, but then it start come back down and stay in the 190-200 range. Before it would go to 220 and stay there no matter what I did.

The turbo blanket was smoking when I stopped, but I assume this is just it breaking in since it's brand new. I'm sure my cooling issues will be gone once I heat wrap the exhaust headers and install my oil cooler.

Thanks to everyone who helped.

Darian

[ca18detgabby]

wow? I never see over 180......

do you think you might have a blockage in your coolant lines?

[dhen]

wow? I never see over 180......

do you think you might have a blockage in your coolant lines?

Entirely possible. There was a lot of rust in the block. I did a chemical flush, though.

But I think the real reason is that there is no airflow in my engine bay because they didn't think about stuff like that back in 1962.

Here's some pictures.

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/DarianHenderson.htm

Darian

[sjbsuperman1425]

sorry, no comment on your OP, but your car is sweet chips

[ca18detgabby]

Entirely possible. There was a lot of rust in the block. I did a chemical flush, though.

But I think the real reason is that there is no airflow in my engine bay because they didn't think about stuff like that back in 1962.

Here's some pictures.

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/DarianHenderson.htm

Darian

didnt realize it wasnt an S-chassis. could very well be.

[RM12577]

Super clean MG, especially being that old, did you do a restore on it or is most of that original, cuz if its original that is insanely nice, but either way it looks like it is in great shape

[dhen]

Glad you guys like it. To answer your question, almost every part of the car has been either cleaned and repainted or replaced. It looked like **** when I got it and had been sitting for 23 years in my dad's garage. I don't even want to think of how many thousands of hours I've put into it, but it's been fun and it's a blast to drive.

Here's what it used to look like.

http://www.alamomg.org/darianold.html

Strangely enough the dash was okay.

Darian

[greensx]

Wow would love to check out the mg since i'm in san antonio also.

[dhen]

send me an email and we'll set something up. My car will be down for the next week, though.

Darian