[Lou1119]

I recently purchased a SPF replica and am having a problem. The car will fire up on the first attempt every time but after driving it short distances (4 to 5 miles) it will not maintain the idle; you have to keep the rev's in excess of 2,000 RPM's or it will stall. Once this happens it will not restart until it cools down. I have had this happen on at least 3 occasions and fortunately good Samaritans pushed me in order for me to pop the clutch and get it fired up.
The engine in the car is a 351 stroked to 427. The car will get to 90 to 110 degrees C in a short period and I feel that the water temp could be the culprit here. With similar engines what temps are you getting?
With the car acting like this I really don't want to drive it and get stranded again because it is only a matter of time that it will die uphill and leave me stuck in the middle of a road.
Thanks,

Lou