thermostat help

[olymaster]

ok installed new engine along with the engine installed shorty ceramic headers, and a high flow aluminium 3 core radiator.
now the car never gets warm the temp stays just above 130 and the heat out of the vents is barely warm. how do i get it up and where do i want it? also my brakes are weak now too
they work but when im stopped and idleing i can hit bottom and if i hit the gas the breaks wont hold the car help please

 

[Stang8URMPRT]

Put in a 180 degree thermo and be done.

As far as the breaks... if the pedal GOES to the floor, you've got a leak, or a valve that's allowing fluid to get past and not hold pressure. Could be a bad master cylinder also. check for leaks. Also, if the pedal is just hard, and had to push, it could be from a cam (if you installed a performace cam), because they normally kill vacuum at idle.

Good luck,
Nick

 

[olymaster]

yea i got a comp cam in the new engine it idles medium
but breaks worked fine before engine swap
now how to boost the breaks back up?

 

[Stang8URMPRT]

Sounds like the lack of vacuum is causing your problems. You can put a vaccum canister on the car (Crane Cams makes on), but they are rather large, and would be best hidden in the wheel wells. This will store extra vacuum so when you go to hit the brakes, you got vacuum for the brake booster.

 

[olymaster]

its like the brakes work fine but when stopped they just bottom out
and when the car it off no i pump em and them pressure up hard core so it cant be a break fluid leak
if while im driving and coming to a stop i pump em it builds the pressure but then it dies out at idle
anyone ever experience this?

 

[macx]

When I swapped engines, I got a "hi flow" t-stat thru Summit.

The engine stays right at 180
very nice and even.