got my partial grill blocks cut and installed over the wknd, not an easy task attaching these in a manner that will be long lasting, and Im not overly confident they will until I get something better than what Im using now, so that will be next on my list, along with painting them (bare steel and you can already see a very light shade of rust forming....)
anyways, initial testing hasnt been done as yet, but I did take the car out for a 30 min drive last night around 9:30pm. fairly cool temps @ 87f (for S FL)
when I got home, my over flow was gurgling and some coolant was coming from the OF. the car wasnt registering that it was running any warmer than usual, but I didnt hear the fan running at all and it was too dark to tell. started it up this morning, turned the air on and both fans came on. took it out on the road with air on, came back after driving around here for 15 mins, and it wasnt hot at all, then took it out on a 15 min drive without the air on, gauge still showed around the same temp, but the primary fan wasnt on again. so Im thinking my main fan relay might not be working.
also took a look in the rad and it has some serious rust color, most likely never flushed and running it with straight water with no coolant...
anyways, depending on the days testing I may end up removing one of the blocks for now, until I can flush the cooling system and check that main fan relay.
onto some pics: