as of yet, no. its not over heating any more, but we have dropped back into the lower 90's, and i havent been running the a/c. too broke right now to proceed with anything else. so i guess for now im just gonna baby it and wait till i can afford proceed. it does run hotter, around 185-190 then it did in the past. up till the first sign of problems it ran 175, 180 at the most. in any weather a/c on or off. so there is still an issue somewhere, id like to upgrade the radiator and the water pump to match the higher performance motor and trans, but i still scratch my head on why it worked so well before, and now it doesnt.

btw, i took it to the local rad shop and they ran some test on the water to see if it had traces of engine contaminants that may suggest a crack or bad gasket, it checked out ok with no signs of the wrong stuff in there. so now it appears from all tests nothing is wrong, but yet it still runs hot. so im really stumped and too broke to just start throwing money at it.