What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette?
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (GrandSportC3)
The temperature of my Vette is usually anywhere between 180 and 195 degrees!!
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (GrandSportC3)
180-195 normally. 160 in cooler weather and up to 210+ in summer traffic with the A/C on. :D
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (Chris Fowler '80)
I really don't know what temperature my Vette would run in winter... We don't really have a winter here....
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (GrandSportC3)
Since I mostly drive in the summer, and usually at a good rate of speed, mine is around 195-210. I have a 195 thermostat but in the heat of summer with A/C on, the coolant can't quite keep up.
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (sharklover)
I don't have A/C in my Vette. I drive with the top down all the time anyway!!!
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (GrandSportC3)
I usually drive with the tops off too. But sometimes, it still gets warm.
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (sharklover)
It's funny you should ask this. I was reading my owners manual and it says not to take action until the car gets to 250. By take action I mean, turn off the air or shift it in neutral and rev it. Normal operating temps are 190 to 210 in the manual.
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (Budman78)
Does anyone know what temps the marks on a 69s temp gauge represent. (the ones that are not numbered) Mine runs right about mark between 100 and 210 as long as i dont sit still too long. If i sit in traffic it goes up to around 230 where i "take action"
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (GrandSportC3)
I had to add a choice; "room temperature", since my vette isn't on the road quite yet. Aiming to have it ready by summer...
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (blue72)
I had to add a choice; "room temperature", since my vette isn't on the road quite yet. Aiming to have it ready by summer...
:cheers: My vette won´t be ready until next year :eek:
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (MARKUS_P)
I had to add a choice; "room temperature", since my vette isn't on the road quite yet. Aiming to have it ready by summer...
:cheers:
My vette won´t be ready until next year :eek:
:cheers: My vette won´t be ready until next year :eek:
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (sharklover)
>>I usually drive with the tops off too. But sometimes, it still gets warm.
Here in South Florida - most convertible drivers (not only Corvette) drive with the top up from April to October because it's too hot for them... I personally love the heat. That's one of the reasons I moved to South Florida... Better sweating than freezing :yesnod: :yesnod:
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Here in South Florida - most convertible drivers (not only Corvette) drive with the top up from April to October because it's too hot for them... I personally love the heat. That's one of the reasons I moved to South Florida... Better sweating than freezing :yesnod: :yesnod:
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (Steve)
>>Even in the summer our 68 big block never gets above 180. Lucky I guess.
Even in slow traffic??? So far - every C3 Vette I owned (exept my current 68) went above 210 in very slow traffic! You are really lucky!!!
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Even in slow traffic??? So far - every C3 Vette I owned (exept my current 68) went above 210 in very slow traffic! You are really lucky!!!
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (Budman78)
>>It's funny you should ask this. I was reading my owners manual and it
>>says not to take action until the car gets to 250. By take action I mean,
>>turn off the air or shift it in neutral and rev it. Normal operating temps are
>>190 to 210 in the manual.
I never felt comfortable with temperatures above 200 degrees. I owned a late C4 (1995 Convertible). The car was running in summer between 210 and 230 degrees (where the fans turned on). I changed the thermostat to a Hypertech 160 degree thermostat and re-programmed the fans to come on at 195 degrees. That way the car was running between 180 - 195 degrees.
In my 68 I did almost everything possible to keep the car cool. Dual electric fans plus belt driven fan, high flow water pump, high flow 160 degree thermostat, steelflex radiator hoses, big block radiator (came on car because it was originally a big block car)
:cheers:
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>>says not to take action until the car gets to 250. By take action I mean,
>>turn off the air or shift it in neutral and rev it. Normal operating temps are
>>190 to 210 in the manual.
I never felt comfortable with temperatures above 200 degrees. I owned a late C4 (1995 Convertible). The car was running in summer between 210 and 230 degrees (where the fans turned on). I changed the thermostat to a Hypertech 160 degree thermostat and re-programmed the fans to come on at 195 degrees. That way the car was running between 180 - 195 degrees.
In my 68 I did almost everything possible to keep the car cool. Dual electric fans plus belt driven fan, high flow water pump, high flow 160 degree thermostat, steelflex radiator hoses, big block radiator (came on car because it was originally a big block car)
:cheers:
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Re: What is your normal operating temperature on your Vette? (GrandSportC3)
My car runs at 210 no matter what, winter or summer, hot or cold.
(This is at the thermostat BTW)
Well it does get up to 230 or so on long hard pulls up very steep hills at low speeds...but then it cools right back down...
Stock water pump, stock radiator, 434" smallblock
(This is at the thermostat BTW)
Well it does get up to 230 or so on long hard pulls up very steep hills at low speeds...but then it cools right back down...
Stock water pump, stock radiator, 434" smallblock
