Can anyone diagnose this overheating problem

[Bill Bess]

Ryan,
All of the above mentioned ideas are correct. Start with basics, verify that your temp. gauge is working properly with another gauge or an infered gun. 190 thermostat w/small hole drilled for by pass, good puller fan with fan shroud, good water pump w/ correct pully, correct rad. press. cap, no leaks or loss of water, correct balance of water & coolant and maybe some water wetter, over flow recovery container...all this stuff and it should run around 185 while cruising and 210 in traffic.

I live where its about 115 degrees evreyday in the summer, my 428 FE gets up to 210 in traffic..maybe a little more if your stuck at a number of long traffic lights. On the other hand it runs very cool in the cooler months so heating is not a problem.

I'm currently working (experimenting with a couple of boat bilge tunnel blowers) to exhaust excessive heat out of the engine compartment while stuck at traffic lights.
The things take the temp. down approximately 5 degrees really quick, but not much more and then do nothing as soon as you start moving. The other problem is that these tunnel blowers are plastic and are subject to melt down if the temp. get too hot....I'm working on that problem.

Anyway, don't give up it's just the nature of the beast.
Best Regards, Bill