Average coolant temps w/ ATI
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From: Conroe TX
Average coolant temps w/ ATI
I am running anywhere from 199-215 depending on driving conditions. Is this what all you guys are seeing? This is after driving all day in Houston. Temps today were upper 70's with 82% humidity.
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FYI. Here's my setup: ProCharger, Meziere electric water pump, Ron Davis 57mm radiator with internal oil cooler, 160* t'stat, DynaTech headers, cats, and X pipe, and forward relocated intercooler. Yesterday, 65*: At 70 mph cruise, coolantn temp was 178*, oil temp was 188*. In traffic: coolant was 210*, oil temp was 216*. The fan cycles on at 216*, which I think is too high. I will be getting a dyno tune in Janurary, and I will lower the fan cycling temp ranges. I want a 200* max temp before the fans cycle.
Last edited by EuroRod; Dec 16, 2006 at 06:53 AM.
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From: Port Arthur, Texas 77642
ToSlow, if your temps are running that high at the temps we are having right now ,they must have not done my intercooler mod and you are not getting any cool flowing air to the radiator.
Look at your intercooler and see if it has a gap on the backside by the A/c condensor on theb bottom by the air dam.
If you dont have a gap you need to look for my post so that you can do the "BB Intercooler Mod".
My temps are sticing around 176-190 at the highest with the AC!
I will be out and about today in the Houston area, give me a buzz if you need more info.
I will PM you my number
Look at your intercooler and see if it has a gap on the backside by the A/c condensor on theb bottom by the air dam.
If you dont have a gap you need to look for my post so that you can do the "BB Intercooler Mod".
My temps are sticing around 176-190 at the highest with the AC!
I will be out and about today in the Houston area, give me a buzz if you need more info.
I will PM you my number
Air gap is critical to proper cooling of your engine as well as IAT's. Here in South Texas our summers are brutal. Without the mod BB speaks of, chances are good that you will be running too hot in the summer. Scotty
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I constantly monitor my coolant temps. I run about 198 even in 58 degree weather and that is cruising at 70-75 mph. If their is a slight incline on the freeway, the temp can go up to 207 or so, even in 58 degree weather, and on a decline can go a little lower than 198. In the summer, it is plus or minus a few at cruising at decent speeds, but in traffic in the hot 100 degree summer, I can hit the 220's once in a while, and the AC becomes intermittent. I definitely need to do Big Bollas mod!!!!
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I constantly monitor my coolant temps. I run about 198 even in 58 degree weather and that is cruising at 70-75 mph. If their is a slight incline on the freeway, the temp can go up to 207 or so, even in 58 degree weather, and on a decline can go a little lower than 198. In the summer, it is plus or minus a few at cruising at decent speeds, but in traffic in the hot 100 degree summer, I can hit the 220's once in a while, and the AC becomes intermittent. I definitely need to do Big Bollas mod!!!!
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I constantly monitor my coolant temps. I run about 198 even in 58 degree weather and that is cruising at 70-75 mph. If their is a slight incline on the freeway, the temp can go up to 207 or so, even in 58 degree weather, and on a decline can go a little lower than 198. In the summer, it is plus or minus a few at cruising at decent speeds, but in traffic in the hot 100 degree summer, I can hit the 220's once in a while, and the AC becomes intermittent. I definitely need to do Big Bollas mod!!!!
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