ROASTED 1966 Chevy Impala - Replacement Engine Dyno Tested
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Nick says that sometimes he gets a car in the shop that just does not want to leave... Today, he hopes to finally hand the 66 Impala keys back to the owner and watch the car drive away. But first, he has to test and install the new 327 build he put together after his client burnt the first engine to a crisp. PLUS.. Go for a ride with Nick in a wicked 340 Duster de-tuned race car.
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The smile on your face driving that Impala is the greatest ad for classic cars. You were at home cruising in the Impala. Beautiful job!!
In the Air Force motor pool any vehicle that stayed too long was called a Hanger Queen. We made a paper crown to put on top. I'm glad your Hanger Queen is on the road again.
That 327 is a showpiece. Beautiful in its simplicity. Love how Nick's elbow naturally found its way onto that door while he was driving. Here's to many miles and many smiles, George!
It was very good to meet you, thanks for taking the time to speak with me . And thanks for the sticker. Glad you came to Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
I love watching those vacuum secondaries opening with the increasing air demand. Something very satisfying about it.
Nick, I feel your pain on this job. My family owned an autobody/radiator repair business for 71 years which I was proud to be a part of for 17 years. Every ounce in a while, one comes back to bite you even if you've done everything right! Who knows why stuff like this happens? Gremlins maybe? Just the cost of doing business.
I think it was a race he didn't want to loose!!!
Nick, a true professional! If I were a younger man I would take a job just sweeping & cleaning to watch you and the guys work on these Classic Muscle Cars! When Detroit was King! Thanks for your videos! Sinn Fein Byrne
Wow, never seen a cylinder head "cooked" that badly. Not wanting to offend the owner, but maybe it's time for a set of aftermarket guages. Sometimes, warning lights aren't enough.
It looks like cookies that were forgotten in the oven.
That engine must’ve been glowing
Like you guys said while tearing it down, must have smelled like burnt cookies!!!
Most people won't see a gauge. With a temp light you can use a electric fan sender of almost any temperature you want the light to come on. Works well plus maybe a gauge.
@@JoeBlow-dn9tn Definitely got to improve the cooling system when it’s overbored .60 , with extra hp. and summertime
While I have always loved how the old 327s could rev so easily, it's the sound of the 340 that spins my spurs! Nice Duster!!!! IIIII want one!
I know Nick loves his Mopar but some us are nuts for '60's Impalas so thanks for this episode today Nick and all the vital technical stuff you're sharing with us. It sucks what happened to the car and I empathize with the owner but at the same time this is interesting for viewers - thank you Nick!
There is no argument, Chevy made some fine automobiles.
@@NicksGarage - Now you have a 'yachting flag', do you have a boat with twin hemi power?
Back in the late 70’s my buddy rebuilt his 289 in his Cougar. We were horsing around over a couple beers in the shop-and I bet him he wouldn’t finish the next day. While He went upstairs for more beer I popped off the hub caps and put rocks inside them and popped them back on. We’ll the next day was the most fun I ever had. He had a hell of a time figuring out where that noise was coming from. Still friends today.
Beautiful car. My Dad had one. Great memories. Personally I would add a temp gauge. Service stations are a thing of the past, which is just sad. When I was in high school, 1971-75, my summer job was a pump jockey at my Dad`s mechanic`s Texaco station, and mechanic`s helper when slow. After I got my license I was trained as an emergency tow driver. The look on customers faces when a 17 yr old kid jumped out of the truck to help was priceless. I hope and pray this engine survives. I have never seen an engine cooked like that Nick.
Wow, seeing that horn ring on the steering wheel of that Impala brought back a lot of memories! 🙂
The “66” rides again…so beautiful! The Duster sounded mean when opened up a little. Gorgeous! Thank you Nick and George for all that you share.
That Duster has a REAL engine! Muscle cars should be exactly that way. As for the gears, for me that's a mystery. I once bought a set of 5:13 gears for a 12 bolt Chevy from a friend because he said they were whining, for $50 that were used for 1 day. He said, "there you go, good luck" I set them up in my 12 bolt & they were perfectly quiet. Maybe it's the carrier or the housing, who knows!
Nick, great to finally get to meet you! Glad you could make it to Carlisle. It was great talking with you and getting some pictures with you and your car! Still going to try and visit your shop this summer. Keep the vids coming
Hey Nick, was a pleasure to meet you and shake your hand at Carlisle this weekend, and getting a close up look at the Vanishing Point Challenger. The car is even more impressive in person!
The new motor looks great. I owned lot of similar old school V8s and I’ve experienced every over heating program you can think of. There are always warning signs of overheating. Steam, smells, sometimes the run rough but I always had time to cool the motor down and shut it off. Never any major damage like that.
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Those hands speak many decades of experience. Something so beautiful about that.
Hi Nick, been building chevys for years and have been using anerobic sealant on the flanges of the rear main instead of high temp silicone. Found the silicone may seal initially but will leak over time. The anerobic sealant is Permatex Anerobic Flange Sealant which is a flexible gasketing material for use on rigid machined flanges with less than .015″ gap. I think loctite makes the same stuff. I also use this sealant for transfer cases. It works very good where two machine surfaces mate with very little clearances.
Been starting to use that in the heavy diesel world on fresh rebuilds because cats seem to be designed to leak around valve covers😅 and rocker box
Stuff like this can happen! I'm finishing up a restoration of my own, and right now I'm getting the engine ready to go back in the car. After watching the last episode with this car showing that the t-stat didn't open, I decided it would be a good idea to test my t-stat before installing it in my engine. It only had about 40 miles on it before I removed the engine for restoration. To my surprise, when I submerged the t-stat into boiling water, it did not open! Glad I checked.
WOW 😳! I’ve never seen a motor “COOKED”. Blown apart, thrown rods, seized up, that sort of thing, but not cooked. Damm son, that thang is well done. Leave it to Nick and the boys to resurrect it back to glory.
It was great to see this beautiful car in the flesh and meet the owner! Glorious summer of cruising for him!
Meet you at carlise this past weekend. Saw Kowalski and had the honor to shake your hand.
Glad to see the conclusion to this. You really went full on making this beautiful classic right.
We've all had our failures, not necessary to our own failures but maybe just a minor part failure. It's not the fail but how you handle it, you surpassed the mark.
I helped build a 360 industrial that I ended up driving in a tow truck. On my first long tow ( out of radio range - back in the eighties) it blew a head gasket, with a hook on. I did make it back, blowing big oil smoke. We had blown the gasket due to a defect by the manufacturer. Our machine shop covered the cost ( they supplied the gasket kit and machined the block and heads. We got the short block but put the top end together ourselves. It was a good case to use a reputable machine shop and to have the respect of that shop that came out with a good outcome.
We used only high grade gasket sets after that. The added cost was way lower cost than the failures cost.
You are lucky to have such an understanding client in the mix. Hope to see the owner enjoying it to the fullest.🌟✨✨✨✨✨
By the way that was the first V8 that I assembled. It was embarrassing at first but when the true fault was found, I felt better about the situation.
Thanks as always to you Nick. You are a champ.
Hey guys!!!! Man, that Impala sounds sweet: I’m sure with all the extra steps taken, overheating won’t be an issue this time around. Hate to see those kinds of things happen, but we live and we learn. Meeting Nick at Carlisle was a great pleasure, along with Lucas from C.A.R. Great week to you all and looking forward to coming up next year and visiting the shop, and God bless!!! 🙂
Great job on the 327. If that guy plans to cruise that Impala, I would advise him to install some gauges. Keep up the great work. I enjoy your shows
An oil pressure and temperature gauge would be a good investment for the Impala.
A engine shut off switch that shuts off the engine if the coolant gets over 240.F would be a good investment for this Impala. 🤣
Nick, you look good driving that car! 327 was the first engine I ever rebuilt. Sounded awesome on the dyno! Thanks guys!
Beautiful car
My dad had a blue 67 Impala- loved it, huge back seat and SBC. Super Sport. Takes me back. Love these videos, I can hear, feel and smell these old engines- what a great bit of history
You have to love the rubber I left on the corner panels on the dart.
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As a Chevy guy that's a nice Impala!
The Duster looks amazing, what an awesome car!
Where's my "Petro Canada 94" T-shirt with Nicks Garage and Nick's happy face!
Heeyyyy. That is a good Idea Phonzie. 👍
313 horsepower out of a 327k out of a 327 engine that is pure beauty Nick you are a genius you did it again you knew how to diagnose that motor you took care of the situation and I'm glad his guys like you who do it right the first time and tell Leona 327 with an l79 intake l79 cam that engine is a thing of beauty and it should be treasured holla if you hear me
“George the thermostat.” I’m glad George is a good sport about all this. Beautiful cruiser that Impala is for sure. That Duster is just bad ass. Love it. Have a good week everyone.
Hi Nick Seen you at Carlisle , bought you a drink and fries. Nice to meet you! I had a 77 vette center section rebuilt with 3:70 gears. when i installed it with posi track additive was very noisy. Drained it and refilled it with same type gear oil 80-90 and put GM posi track additive whale oil in it. Sounded great after that.
It's a shame a lousy $20.00 thermostat failed and caused such a nightmare. Same thing happened to me years ago except I had a gauge and caught it in time.I t was my 64' Corvette 327 h/p fresh rebuild....."Fail Safe" thermostats only...Good video Nick...Thanks!
Thanks for watching.
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great job on the impala and i really enjoyed the ride a long..i always smile watching nick work his magic each show..
Glad you enjoyed it.
George the Thermostat, how cool is that. Hopefully George's Impala is all sorted now and he will have peace of mind with a temp gauge. That Duster certainly a beautiful ride Nick and I'm sure you will get that diff sorted in time. Thanks Nick & George for yet another awesome video.
GREAT TURN AROUND, A MONTH LATER.. THAT CUSTOMER HAS TO BE HAPPY WITH THAT SERVICE.. GREAT JOB NICK AND TEAM..
I knew you would sort out that 327 and make all things operate as they should Nick. What really surprised me about this failure is did he not smell the engine burning up? Usually, there are signs way before you get to a catastrophic situation. No matter, you did your magic and still have a happy customer. Great video!
Nick will be sure to warn every customer about thermostat's . I've had name brand ones fail hours old
I have a 66, 327 I a 70 pick up. It ran hot about 3 years after rebuild. Gauge pegged out. I rolled the window down, kicked it out of gear, no noise, no smoke wasn't cutting out. So I drove on to work. Raised the hood, it blew radiator cap off and I smelled scorched antifreeze. Of course I thought it was toast. Changed thermostat and antifreeze and drive it for 100,000 more miles.
I was rebuilding long block Chevies as a side job back in the 90s. I always offset the parting line in the real seal by a good half to three quarters of an inch. I also put a slight amount of sealer on the ends where they butted. Never had one come back. Queasyrider...
Nick, it was so nice to meet you and your guys at Carlisle. I'd like to make to Indy Auto sometime and treat everyone to lunch or dinner. I hope you have a safe trip back. Cheers
The 1st family car was a new blue 67 impala fast back with a 283 ci, i instantly fell in love with it , asked dad to put a black racing stripe on it, NO , loved cars with racing stripe ! great memories family trips to Florida and Canada from NYC ! in the 70's ! love Chargers and mopars but still impalas especially fastbacks forever bring back family trip memory's !
Nick takes good care of the best cars from the best of times!
Greetings from South Carolina, Nick & crew! Love the Dyno room stuff! Years ago I had a 327- 365hp, motor would pull from a dead idle to 7000, & put a smile on my face every time. I loved that little MIGHTY MOUSE! Glad to see this one on it's way to a new home. Enjoy the test drives also...have fun be safe!✌👍😁
BS... 350 - 375 HP 327's are really weak below 2500 - 2800 RPMs...
@@BuzzLOLOL 327, 365 was carb motor fueled was 375. Same motor inside.
@@ginotassoni4597 - Same big 254/254 Duntov cam...
The little Corvette 327s were animals completely stock screamers
Nice job Nick and crew. I've been there, it ain't easy! Do a great job and some gremlins fly in from nowhere and ruin you and the customers day! George seemed pretty cool so I'm glad you got him back on the road so quickly. 5 stars!
Nick I know you’ve done it but check the sender for the light the temperature light to make sure that the threads are grounded to wherever it’s screwed in the block or the manifold sometimes you know The Teflon tape won’t let it ground
I know.
Good to see the 66 Impala on the road again! It seems you have taken every precaution for the engine.
I know you go thru the same procedure for every engine you build! After all you are a professional in your field.
Thanks 👍
It's amazing how such a small component, like a faulty thermostat can destroy a whole engine. Guys smart tip, test your thermostat in boiling water before installation. Best U tube channel around 😊👍❤️
94 from Petro Canada only 👍🏻 My engine runs so good on this gas.
I Had. A 67 Chevelle convertible with a 283 boy I wish I could have kept it. NICK you are a great Man your mom and dad raised you right GOD BLESS
I know the feeling. I wish I still had my 70 Dodge Coronet 440. Even though it was factory equipped with a 318. It wasn't a muscle car but it would cruise just fine. It was clocked at 105 mph once and the 904 Torqueflite was still in second.
Hi Nick, that Duster diff wine, i dont know them at all but is it rear leaf springs? If they are using solid bushes in the spring eyes instead of rubber ones it would be transferring all the diff noises straight into the body, imagine your engine with solid mounts or bad rubber ones and the engine resting on the cross member it would transfer the noise the same way.
I remember my 1966 327, it was a great motor, since it only had 60k on it when I spruced it up I replaced all the bottom end with Goodwrench part's, along with a Crane fireball cam, Edelbrock intake, accell ignition, and a manual spread bore 650 holly with header's of course, backed it up with a Muncie trans and it converted the otherwise benign Caprice into something a little more spicy.
Spicy Caprice.. sounds like an exotic dancer.
Yeah I remember the Crane Fireball Cams they were decent cams for the money I think all the old gear heads including myself ran one at least once for the Mopar i remember lots of duration with a lift of .450 duel pattern something like that when it hit about 3000 rpms or so it was like flicking a switch.
@@NicksGarage George, I'm in town Wednesday, you gotta take me to that club! 🤣
Hey Nick,
Tim here.....i feel ur pain on the Impala.. my shop had a '51 Ford Victoria that wudn't go away....know it all to well... hope it works right, and get the owner to pay attention just a bit.........we had similar problem.....
This Car is a Thorn in NICKS side!
These videos are so fun, love old engines
That little engine sounds great on the dino. Shame about the other one, it didn't get a chance
Thanks for keeping the muscle on the road! These old girls need some love to keep running hard.
When the owner got in the car at the end of the video I had visions of it not starting. Thank goodness it did.
Ditto, Never ever seen a cast iron head cooked like that. Owner needs a sense of smell. If it smells like fire, it's on fire. Nick is so kind.
Best of luck with your Impala, George. It's a BEAUTIFUL car!
Hi Nick, I'm anxious to see what the 2nd 327 will produce on the Dyno, here we Go!
Thanks for joining us on your birthday, sir! Many happy returns. 🎁 🎉
@@NicksGarage Thank you Nick and George. I really enjoyed the video today, having the Monday video happen on my birthday was a nice present.
@@eugenecastles7475 Happy B-day!! Enjoy!!
@@pappy017 Thank you, I have been having a good day.
@@eugenecastles7475 Hope your birthday has been a special one. May you receive many more Happy Birthdays! God bless you and your family.
Nice video as usual Nick. There's an old superstition that bright red cars are bad luck. I had 2 and the strangest things would go wrong with them, things that never happened to any other car l ever had. One was the twin to this Impala. The torq converter gave out and ruined the crank thrust bearing. I built another engine and didn't gap all the rings. The ones I didn't check butted when hot and it never ran well. I ended up changing the engine again and it ran well until I gave it to a friend and he had a multitude of wiring problems with it. The next was a 1967 Chevelle convertible. The rear axle had no oil in it and crapped out on the way home after buying it. I had to change almost everything on the car. I drove to my insurance agent to increase the stated value and the door hinge breaks as I'm getting out of the car. I climb in and out of the passenger door for 2 days until the gas tank falls out!!! I replaced the tank and the straps and took it to a body shop nearby. I didn't know what color I wanted, but that red was coming off. When they stripped all the old paint they found the original Marina Blue. They did a great job with the color change and I've never had any more bad luck. It is now a trophy winning show car.
I wish we had more guys like you in CA
Always liked the idea of building a 4 bolt main using a 350 4 bolt main block and 307 crank which is the same as a Large Journal 327. This would give you a Large Journal 327 4 Bolt Main.
Those rope rear seals are a pain in the Donkey, I used to get them in my station in the seventies leaking and used a hypodermic with brake fluid squirt into it and let it swell overnight. No more leaks. 😃 Another great video 👍
that does work. ive done that too,back in the 60s and 70s with the rope rear seals.
My first car was a 62 Impala SS. Took me a long time, but now a Mopar head. Those old Chevies were good cars.
Awesome show I had a 283 Chevy that did the same thing keep them coming
I've had nothing but problems with front/rear oil pan gaskets! Especially with (cheap) aftermarket (Mr. Gasket!) oil pans. Be sure to use the seals that came with the pan and hope it doesn't leak.
I just saw this video and I had watched the earlier one some time ago. I thought at the beginning you said this engine had the L79 cam and intake manifold but the L79 intake was aluminum. I stopped the video and saw this had the double hump heads but I'm guessing they were the early version with the smaller valves. Also if I remember correctly the L79 came with a 750 or 780 cfm Holley carb. So with what you have is what I think it is your dyno numbers are pretty darn good! I watched a video once where a reliable source dyno tested a plain fan and a clutch fan and picked up a little more than 10 hp so I think that is a great choice. My '62 Impala with a 300 hp 327 had a clutch fan and fan shroud and I drove it for 65,000 miles and always ran cool even with our 95+ degree summer days.
Glad you went to a fail safe thermostat. Worth the price difference. Hopefully all future rebuilds will have this
Would hate to have a repeat of this kind of thing.
I have used the Fail-Safe's for years, and have had a couple fail...open, as designed. Much better to see the engine not getting up to temperature than the opposite.
@@nhra7110 I disagree. A cold engine could cause premature failure in rings, valve guides, bearings and lifters.
@@Hanzyscure Were not talking about ignoring the problem and driving a long time with an open t-stat, sir. If you prefer risking overheating with a closed t-stat, be my guest. I will take a low temp all day long until I can perform maintenance.
It takes a lot longer to ruin an engine from running too cold than it does to ruin it from running too hot.
I just ordered a long sleeve shirt from Nick's Garage, looking forward to wearing it.
Wow! Thanks for the support. We appreciate it. Let us know what you think of the shirt.⭐️
First, thank you for such a cool channel!I’ve never had a thermostat fail in the closed position; never even heard of one that wasn’t fail-safe. Mr. Gasket should buy that engine. Second; no offense to anyone; but driving an old and/or high performance car is not like operating new car. There’s no Check Engine Light, no limp-home mode or anything else to keep us from running it to catastrophic failure. We have to pay attention to every nuanced noise, tic, whine and wheeze. Otherwise, you stand a good chance of having every little issue turn into a big time problem. You don’t have to be a mechanic, but it helps to at least think like one. Believe me, we actually EXPECT our cars to have problems and never blow off anything that doesn’t look, smell, sound or feel just right. 😅. Thanks again for the always great content!!!
I moved to a very hot climate area and redid my cooling system,4row champion Rad,stock waterpump,(high flow waterpump can pump so quick no time to cool) 7 blade rigid fan,ZZ502/600HP..5SPD,3:42 runs 185 at 105°/90% humidity ALL DAY,PLUS I HAVE A REVERSE COWL HOOD SCOOP WHICH PUSHES HOT AIR OUT AS WELL,HAPPY TRAILS ALL
Still think the best Chevy motor is the 327. This one proved its toughness to get super heated, and still turn over and run later. This new motor should last a lifetime if owner gets gauges.
I've seen heads that black once. Balancer slung off an old small journal 327 I had. Took out the radiator and made a mess. Drove it about 14 miles till the battery petered out. It would actually start and run afterwards but the damage was well done. Gave me a reason to put my large journal "built" 327 in.
nice touch with the fan clutch. all through my hot rod street cars , i tried to convince friends what a benefit it is compared to a solid
Good Luck with the beautiful Impala George!
Hey Nick. My wife and I really enjoyed meeting you at Carlisle! Nice job on the Chevy. On that Duster, if the bearings are good and the gears' not worn out and set right, my money is on pinion angle. They will wine if they're out too far. . . .
I've rebuilt several sb chevy and most leaked a little oil. I started using the one piece oil pan gasket and offsetting the rear main seal which helps most of the time. I was told by a much older mechanic that new chevys leaked oil on the showroom floor back in the sixties. the dealerships would drain a quart of oil out of them until they sold to keep the floor clean.
The leak was from the Distributer.
Nick, you need to get Tony to do a Hellcat swap on his duster, and make it GO and SOUND like one!
Nick, that engine sounded sweet. second time around was a definite "plus" for it. sometimes bad things happen but to see what has come out of it, well worth it. maybe the dreams about that engine will cease.
Nice job Nick. Great Torque throughout the entire rpm range. Car shoud boogie right along. If it is leaking you know it still has some. Lol.
Should have installed a mech or electric needle water temp gauge along with an oil pressure gauge. I even have a vacuum gauge in my
70 Z/28. When a valve spring broke on me the needle moved fast and at a low reading.
I think the reason for the rear main seal leak is lack of crankcase venting. One little PCV valve expected to handle the crankcase pressure?
I once rebuilt a diff on a 4wd (Nissan patrol) and it whined just like that even though it was set up properly..I changed the oil to ATF and it stopped immediately, after a month we changed it back to gear oil and problem solved..I think its a slight gear set miss match and is best fixed with a little wear.
Nice tip, I'll surely remember that!
My dad had 7 327 ,and they all had the fueler heads and Carter carbs but when he moved he sold them dirt cheap
Story here from owners son....mother was driving car and thought heat guage was gas guage. Never let woman drive your car
Dr. Nick, glad that the Impala is running and out of the shop, that Petty blue Duster sounds awesome, to things 2 would like to ask, 1 how is your throat doing?, and how was Carlisle?, I trust that you had a good time, cheers.
Hi Nick & crew .Top show always. Just a suggestion a Mmurphy gauges have adjustable settings for high or low settings and flashing light and buzzers so you can not miss when some thing is wrong. Hope this may be a help. Wally from down under.
I envy you with having short summers up there. I’ve lived in Fort Worth since Christmas 1997 and summers have gotten worse and worse,especially the past 5 years. This year we went over 100 degrees in may and have had very few under 100 ever since. We hit 109 today and they are calling for 111 tomorrow. It’s like living in an oven. I can’t believe George cooked his motor that bad. Usually engines will seize up before the paint turns black like that. Whatever caused it I’m sure you will find it. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I've spent a lot of time in Texas during the summer. 95+ from May through October. Seeing families going to the Park with kids at 10:00 pm. Shopping Malls at full capacity with families staying cool. Run you Ac for 5 minutes before you touch the steering wheel.
I cant believe how many times ive read that Teflon tape is actually a thread lubricant and not a sealant, but everyone still uses it as a sealer. I always high quality thread compound for sealing hi temp gasses and liquids, but thats just me.
"Not bad at all". Are you kidding me? Out standing- Thank you.
Lol Nick is funny how he is. Example: "Nick your wife left you and you have covid" Nick: "anyway doesn't matter" lol
Haha.. like the cameraman's grandma used to say: "Mustn't grumble".
Evenin Mr Nick! Have a Great week!!
Thanks, you too!
When my 67 mustang doesn’t start right away it’s usually that shifter neutral safety switch , Just needs a little wiggle , 😂 Antitheft
My buddy had a Duster and the yolk going into the rear end made a Hell of a Winnie noise till we changed it not sure if this will help but put it out there. Have a great day.
WhoooooHooooo the Impeller has left the building just like Elvis did.....Thanks Nick & guy's....Shoe🇺🇸
The owner of the impala could do a stealth temp guage. Just wire it in, leave some extra wire for the mini harness, wrap it, put guage on a felt lined magnet. At the show, hide it. Cruise/drive, pull it out and place on lower metal part of dash or wherever. I did that on a Corvette years ago. Worked great.
Great tip!
that 340 duster was what gave my brothers 390 AMX a hard time at the dragstrip- whiney trans in the blue car and Metallic clank on upshifting
That Impala is a beauty, so clean and nicely restored. Take the puke tube on the radiator lengthen it and run it under the drivers seat. If the engine runs hot George WILL stop! No gauge needed....
You nailed the new 327 rebuild, I am sure if properly maintained and not thrashed she will run for a very long time...