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lamrith

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Hey guys I am hoping you could help me with this.. Some of ou know my car other's don't. Basically it is an alum head 95GT. FL headers no smog etc.

Today being a hot day I had her out running around. I know the therm is a 195*(fact stock temp) and she was there for a while then climbed to ~210* and stayed there. IT is only 15* but I was hoping you guys could tell me what you see your cars running at. I was not that worried about it, but I would like to know what sort of temp she can run to before I should start to panic and shut down...
 
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lamrith said:
Hey guys I am hoping you could help me with this.. Some of ou know my car other's don't. Basically it is an alum head 95GT. FL headers no smog etc.

Today being a hot day I had her out running around. I know the therm is a 195*(fact stock temp) and she was there for a while then climbed to ~210* and stayed there. IT is only 15* but I was hoping you guys could tell me what you see your cars running at. I was not that worried about it, but I would like to know what sort of temp she can run to before I should start to panic and shut down...
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My car runs at 210 constantly. That's with a fluidyne radiator also. I put in a manual fan switch, and with that on it will usually stay at 180 or so. I wouldn't worry too much about 210, but anything higher start watching it.
 

lamrith

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Cool. My car was running just a hair under 210 today in our "heat wave" in traffic.

Not bad for a 4cyl radiator cooling a V8.
 

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In heavy traffic, mine will heat up to maybe 195 degrees. Any other time, it is either 185 or slightly less. Ever since I ran a little bit of water wetter, it has run ice cold. I flushed the cooling system about a year ago and refilled it, but I guess there is still some water wetter left over... My thermostat is a 180 degree and the radiator is stock. I have no EGR either.
 

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I have a 160 stat so I can't help ya. If I were you I'd get a better radiator and listen for ping. or maybe put some louvers on your hood so some of the heat from teh heads can get out of the engine bay.
 

89MustangGX

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Is this on a factory gauge? (just checking)

I would like to see it a little, like under 200, closer to 190, but I would think 210 being the hottest it ever gets would be acceptable.
 
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