I'm suprised, even before the shroud mine never really overheated, just got right up there [mind ya it never gets to 100 here grin ] .... you're not overfilling the rad are you? needs to be down maybe an inch below the neck - also with the good new rad you can run a 12-14# cap, higher pressure allows higher temps .... can't help thinkin there's some simple solution, 283's "like" being hot

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics