ah man... lol well at least i know for next time
thanks!
i was just jokingly referring to the english bit... no offense to anyone at all. again its just my pet peeve, but i thought it was funny the way you explained it.
lol if anyone was ranting it was me... :oops:
Got two freeze plugs today and as soon as my new 80C thermostat arrives I will drain and install it and the plugs. I should be able to let y'all know the results by next Sunday.
I thought about that, but two things moved me to go with the slightly cooler t-stat. 1) I live in FL and like to keep things cooler to start off. 2) I have this engine in a Suzuki Samurai, which has all the areodynamics of a brick. And at Highway speeds I quickly build some serious heat. In the future a intercoller will help this but for now I will have to live with slightly higher EGTs. In the future, if I can get this thing performing as well as I would like it to I will start tweeking the efficency side of it. Right now I am just trying to get the function and performance I need.
After I get my little girl runing right I will definately try the warmer t-stat.
Got the new t-stat installed tonight and blocked off the heater portion of my cooling system. While I let her idle tonight she never went above 188F. Tomorrow I drive her to work. 25m one way with about 15 of that being highway. Well see how she does!
First, THANKS for all of your help and input!
Well the new stat is in. I went to work with her a couple times now, and my coolant temps now stay right around 190F and only go up to 202F while I am running at 60-65mph. My oil temps were still in the 230 range, so I did some more searching through the board here and I figured out that my timing was too retarded. I now have it set to about 1.00mm. After setting the new timing, I took her on a short trip and my EGTs were down across the board and at highway speeds I was only getting the oil tems to around 215-220F. I will try a little more advance later today and see if I can finally be happy with my little Frankenstein.
Jim
i've set my timing to around 1.06mm and i'm liking it... a lot
cold starting has never been easier. no hiccups, and it will actually start with the cold start pushed all the way in without too much trouble.
I have a problem, every time it gets down to about -10F or colder my rabbit gets hotter than in the summer. When I start the car the temp needle slowly goes up untill it's about two notches from redline and then it goes back down to normal and stays there. I have a stock gauge so there's no numbers on it. If it's colder out it takes longer to cool back down and if it's much warmer it doesn't overheat at all. I put cardboard in front of the radiator and it only gets to hot if I work it hard, like uphill or drive in a few inches of snow. I think I have a 185F t-stat. When I got the car there wasn't a t-stat in it, I don't remember if I ran it or not. Does the t-stat think it's too cold to open?
I have a problem, every time it gets down to about -10F or colder my rabbit gets hotter than in the summer. When I start the car the temp needle slowly goes up untill it's about two notches from redline and then it goes back down to normal and stays there. I have a stock gauge so there's no numbers on it. If it's colder out it takes longer to cool back down and if it's much warmer it doesn't overheat at all. I put cardboard in front of the radiator and it only gets to hot if I work it hard, like uphill or drive in a few inches of snow. I think I have a 185F t-stat. When I got the car there wasn't a t-stat in it, I don't remember if I ran it or not. Does the t-stat think it's too cold to open?
hmmm i'd say just go with an oem thermostat and ditch the cardboard over rad trick. my car has no problems keeping up temp WITH the blower on max. basically when your temps are dropping, thats when the thermoswitch on the rad fan is kicking on and it is sucking air from around the cardboard... kind of counter-productive.
(seems as though no matter how fast i drive, it doesn't cool down... this oem thermostat rules!!!)