Is 220* for water Temp to hot?

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stng94

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Aug 24, 2004

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• Aug 24, 2004

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What should I be running at. Thanx in advance.

 

94GTLaserRC

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• Aug 24, 2004

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On a STOCk car, it's fine. With Al. heads, you are way too hot.
You should be below 200. If you have the stock radiator, you may want your next mod to be a FLuidyne and a $6 180* stat.
(or for now, a 180* stat and a good radiator flushing....that should help)
RC

 

squall9393

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• Aug 25, 2004

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An aftermarket fan such as Flex-a-Lite will allow you to select the temp it will turn on and regulate at. It also has it's own coolant tempurature sensor that senses the water temp more accurately- which is at the radiator.

JJ

 

Venom351R

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• Aug 25, 2004

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Mine never gets over 210, most of the time it runs between 190-205

 

95snoozer

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• Aug 25, 2004

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mine is running rediculously hot

it was 107 degrees here yesterday and i was cruising with the GF with the a/c onm in traffic.

240+ degrees. I must have some magical headgaskets

my fan has been screwed ever sinceford did the recal and the high speed wont come on.

I need to hard wire it but NO ONE ever answers my questions on whether its possible the way I propose.

the ccrm fan switch mod will not work on my car

 

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• Aug 25, 2004

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Yeas that's normal and weird for our cars to operate so extremely high. If you do the high speed fan mod it will drop the temps quickly.

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