water/meth injection for engine cooling?
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St. Jude Donor '10
water/meth injection for engine cooling?
I noticed my recently aquired supercharged car runs warm in traffic. Yesterday it was running 220 in 80deg weather. As this was not a particularly warm Florida day, I have some concerns over overheating. I do not think I have a forged bottom end on the car (just bought it), so am not really wanting to increase HP just yet (next year is a different story
)just wanting to have the engine run cooler. I was considering adding a water/meth kit to achieve this. If I do this, will I have to retune the car? I am talking any sense here? please enlighten me. I am running a procharger with 9lb boost, headers, cam, borla. LS1 motor
)just wanting to have the engine run cooler. I was considering adding a water/meth kit to achieve this. If I do this, will I have to retune the car? I am talking any sense here? please enlighten me. I am running a procharger with 9lb boost, headers, cam, borla. LS1 motor
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I noticed my recently aquired supercharged car runs warm in traffic. Yesterday it was running 220 in 80deg weather. As this was not a particularly warm Florida day, I have some concerns over overheating. I do not think I have a forged bottom end on the car (just bought it), so am not really wanting to increase HP just yet (next year is a different story)just wanting to have the engine run cooler. I was considering adding a water/meth kit to achieve this. If I do this, will I have to retune the car? I am talking any sense here? please enlighten me. I am running a procharger with 9lb boost, headers, cam, borla. LS1 motor
)just wanting to have the engine run cooler. I was considering adding a water/meth kit to achieve this. If I do this, will I have to retune the car? I am talking any sense here? please enlighten me. I am running a procharger with 9lb boost, headers, cam, borla. LS1 motor
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80 degree weather you should not be running that hot. I can sit in stop and go traffic in 95 degree weather with stock radiator and never go over 192. Do you know what temps your fans come on/off at?
Im sure you probably also got dirt and debris in your lower radiator area. Look down in between condenser and radiator and see whats in there. Its hard to get it out of fins without taking radiator out tho.
Im sure you probably also got dirt and debris in your lower radiator area. Look down in between condenser and radiator and see whats in there. Its hard to get it out of fins without taking radiator out tho.
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St. Jude Donor '10
Thanks for the info guys. There's always one Ahole that has to state the obvious.
I bought the car from a dealer. They didn't have the info. I have since tracked down the builder of the motor and he is sending me all the specs and dyno sheet,
I bought the car from a dealer. They didn't have the info. I have since tracked down the builder of the motor and he is sending me all the specs and dyno sheet,
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Not being an ahole, I just feel like the build info is the one piece of information I'd get before purchasing a car with FI that did not come with FI. Like you said the obvious, it just must not have been that obvious.
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Try this mod bro ---works very well --the results are in are brothers posts to my thread 
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...cover-mod.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...cover-mod.html
