battery charging between rounds?

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Tar Heel

No, it has a 160 thermostat in it. It's still a street car if you will. This summer we did the major changes to get it to run under ... gears, converter, cam, headers, wheels/tires, tune, etc. Now we can start tweaking and an electric water pump is next this winter and we'll do the plate then.

Scott

Scott, you might try (to go fast for heads-ups) keeping the engine over 180 deg, and icing the intake manifold. On my chassis dyno the all aluminium LS engines don't respond to lower coolant temps like a normal sbc, LT1, etc. They were more forgiving, making the same power between 180 & 200 deg. Guys at the local test n tunes at the track hot lap their cars without slowing down at all. I would try a 180 'stat if I were you.
Sure be worth testing.