I fired up my 350 in my '57 panel today for the first time. I've had the engine for 3 years, and time and life delayed me until now.
Upon firing it up today, it ran great, but I noticed smoking from the passenger side. I ran over to check, and the new paint on my new headers was BUBBLING. I quickly shut it down, but it sounded like it was running fine. The area most impacted were the exhaust headers for cylinders 2,4, and 6.
I did not have a temp gauge on the engine, as this was my first time firing it up, and no sending units are connected to anything. Any ideas on what could be driving the high heat? Was it just bc it was new paint taking a hit? Timing issue? Other?
Like I said, the engine ran solid, but I didn't want to let it keep going until something bad happened.
Last edited by pan3lman; 08/01/2020 9:59 PM.
