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1957 Overheating

  • Thread starter Thread starter Kampy
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From what I have gathered, the 55-57 Thunderbird had the problem coming off the assembly line. Heating problems hardly ever existed in other models and that told me that it is the compartment design flaw. What I tried in my 57 is a draft bar under the back of the engine that creates a vacuum in the engine. On my test drive I traveled 45 miles out of town to Roosevelt Lake The temperature was 100 at the lake and had about 6 miles of 6 to 7% incline doing 65MPH to the summit. The temperature gauge raised to the 1/4 mark. When I did the same a few years earlier, the gauge rose to 3/4+. The car still hates to stop for red lights, but once it gets to moving again, it cools down quickly!
I’m 90% sure it’s a compartment issue that is the biggest problem.

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I’m interested in your draft bar design that creates the vacuum. Could you display a photo of this bar?
 
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