Cooling issue

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1990Obscammed

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Hey guys, I'm looking for a hand here I've had my head wrapped around this for months and have gotten no where hopefully someone here can help, I've got a 90 Scottsdale that I had built the motor in, decent cam and some heads off a 84 Vette, well it didn't make the truck real practical so I pulled the 305 out of my elcamino and slapped that in there, well I've had a really sporadic cooling issue it just gradually gets hot, I can't seem to figure out why, and it has crazy line pressure, so I park that till I have time and decide to finish the motor in my Scottsdale which is a bored over 350 with 305 heads and the edlebrock performer tbi cam, it runs emasculate better than anything I own honestly, well now I'm having the exact same issues cooling wise, crazy line pressure and slowly gets hot, heater core hoses are hooked up, both water pumps are spinning in the correct direction and Im about 90% sure it's not heads or head gaskets (on the scottsdale at least) im at my wits end with these things ive got countless hours into testing and screwing with it with no changed out come, hopefully someone here can point me in the right direction
 

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Are you sure there’s not air trapped in the system?
 

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Have you flushed the radiator? Have you verified that the radiator is not full of debris that is limiting air flow through the cooling fins? Does the truck have A/C and if so, is the condenser clean so that air flows through it? What is crazy line pressure exactly, what kind of pressure are you seeing? Is your transmission temp high?
Oh Yeah, what does "it runs emasculate better than anything I own mean"????
 

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Have you flushed the radiator? Have you verified that the radiator is not full of debris that is limiting air flow through the cooling fins? Does the truck have A/C and if so, is the condenser clean so that air flows through it? What is crazy line pressure exactly, what kind of pressure are you seeing? Is your transmission temp high?
Oh Yeah, what does "it runs emasculate better than anything I own mean"????
The truck is a 5 speed and did not come with a/c from the factory, and by emasculate I mean it just runs great no lag in the throttle or vacuum leaks nothing like that, it's been carb swapped. And the rad has been out of the truck and clear for the past year, she's good to flow
 
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