- Mar 7, 2016
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Hey guys,
Relevant upgrades: TFS aluminum heads and stage 1 cam, recent downsize from my 3rd 3 core aluminum fluidyne radiator to a 1 core O'Reilly (Lifetime Warranty), also a 160* thermostat(down from the initial 180* recommended by the guy I purchased the car from, but having chronic heat issues and a recent head gasket replacement i wanted to play it even safer.)
What all is new (>100 miles): 160* Thermostat, radiator, water pump, coolant hoses, coolant temp sensor, heater tube and heater tube hoses.
I only recently finished an almost full rebuild on my 95 mustang GT with the WC T-5. This was my first rebuild and unfortunately i attempted things in the wrong order, hence almost. I resurfaced the cylinder heads and installed them before taking a look at the crank and I ended up having to have it machined.
So I went through all the work without pulling the pistons having the block machined/checked/fluxed and the cam bearings replaced ( I was told it had around 10k miles on the block when I bought it ~5k ago).
Since the rebuild she has been running well but she has been getting quite hot, the M in normal which my IR thermometer reads as 233*. Yesterday she idled for a solid 10~15 minutes at a significantly lower temp around the R. But as i went to drive home (1-2 miles) she started heating up which was when i was able to get the 233* reading.
What I get from all this is that everything is working fine at idle but under load the cooling system is incapable of getting the job done.
Any and all help greatly appreciated and Happy Fourth of July!
Relevant upgrades: TFS aluminum heads and stage 1 cam, recent downsize from my 3rd 3 core aluminum fluidyne radiator to a 1 core O'Reilly (Lifetime Warranty), also a 160* thermostat(down from the initial 180* recommended by the guy I purchased the car from, but having chronic heat issues and a recent head gasket replacement i wanted to play it even safer.)
What all is new (>100 miles): 160* Thermostat, radiator, water pump, coolant hoses, coolant temp sensor, heater tube and heater tube hoses.
I only recently finished an almost full rebuild on my 95 mustang GT with the WC T-5. This was my first rebuild and unfortunately i attempted things in the wrong order, hence almost. I resurfaced the cylinder heads and installed them before taking a look at the crank and I ended up having to have it machined.
So I went through all the work without pulling the pistons having the block machined/checked/fluxed and the cam bearings replaced ( I was told it had around 10k miles on the block when I bought it ~5k ago).
Since the rebuild she has been running well but she has been getting quite hot, the M in normal which my IR thermometer reads as 233*. Yesterday she idled for a solid 10~15 minutes at a significantly lower temp around the R. But as i went to drive home (1-2 miles) she started heating up which was when i was able to get the 233* reading.
What I get from all this is that everything is working fine at idle but under load the cooling system is incapable of getting the job done.
Any and all help greatly appreciated and Happy Fourth of July!