silver ghost Donating Members 109 Member For: 17y 10m 25d Gender: Male Location: airlie beach Posted 03/04/07 11:32 AM Share Posted 03/04/07 11:32 AM when I bought my car it was always above half way put a colder t\stat in and it runs at 1/4 unless your flogging it around my car has 330rwkw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 8m 5d Location: Canberra Posted 03/04/07 11:50 AM Share Posted 03/04/07 11:50 AM yeah, that's like my car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 18y 8m 4d Gender: Male Posted 03/04/07 12:03 PM Share Posted 03/04/07 12:03 PM what sorta temp does the turbo get up to (exhaust side) & what sort of temps do the exhaust gases run at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbundy Member 243 Member For: 20y 8m 1d Location: W.A Posted 03/04/07 02:57 PM Share Posted 03/04/07 02:57 PM Why what rang of temps do you run or recomend thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopism Tractor Driver Member 709 Member For: 19y 15d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 04/04/07 12:23 AM Share Posted 04/04/07 12:23 AM I put a bottle of Redline Water Wetter in and the gauge needle dropped by about 1/8th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groper Member 611 Member For: 18y 24d Posted 04/04/07 10:58 AM Share Posted 04/04/07 10:58 AM dude, I don't claim to know what's going on I'm confused. All I'm reporting is the experience I've got from my car. If it doesn't help make the car run cooler, then what does?? the tuning? until I installed the thermostat I had the thermo fans on 24/7 as soon as the car hit 1/4 on the temp gauge. Since the thermostat was installed I hardly ever hear the thermo fans come on. I'm just reporting what goes on with my car.. as I said, I really don't know the mechanicals of the situation.. but that's what's doing with my car, sorry yeah its coz the original thermostat was holding the temp too high and may have been a tad faulty - that's what happens when they play up!some peeps report running at approx 1/4 guage from stock, and others have reported up to 1/2 stock. so whats this telling us? that the factory thermostats are inconsistant more than likely. so, if you are unlucky enough to get one of these, your car will run hotter than its supposed to.why spend $70 on a replacement thermostat, when you can spend $5? because you get super deadly extra hype cool performance that's why! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyXR6T04 Member 1,299 Member For: 19y 8m 5d Location: Canberra Posted 04/04/07 11:23 AM Share Posted 04/04/07 11:23 AM lucky for me Simon supplied the cooler thermostat as part of his tuning for my car and mods I had so it didn't really cost me anything. Cheers Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford_Power Member 798 Member For: 21y 10m 24d Posted 05/04/07 02:40 PM Share Posted 05/04/07 02:40 PM (edited) yeah its coz the original thermostat was holding the temp too high and may have been a tad faulty - that's what happens when they play up!some peeps report running at approx 1/4 guage from stock, and others have reported up to 1/2 stock. so whats this telling us? that the factory thermostats are inconsistant more than likely. so, if you are unlucky enough to get one of these, your car will run hotter than its supposed to.why spend $70 on a replacement thermostat, when you can spend $5? because you get super deadly extra hype cool performance that's why! No.. the people who are saying that their needle sits at 1/4 are saying they have had a lower temperature thermostat FITTED - NOT the stock thermostat. Everyone here with the stock thermostat will say that their temp needle sits maybe a needle or two under halfway to halfway under normal driving conditions. I think the stock thermostat is rated at 92 degrees C.The lower temperature thermostat DOES enable the engine run cooler under normal operating conditions as it is fully open (at say 82 degrees) THUS allowing the tuner to add more spark advance as there is less propensity for detonation, (modified Master Coolant Temp vs Spark Advance table?) and ALSO accordingly setting the thermo fans to continue running until the coolant is at this 82 degrees before switching the fans off. By using the thermofans, the engine temps CAN be kept lower with the lower temp thermostat as opposed to the factory 92 degree thermostat. As Jimmy said, his thermo's were running flat chat in the cold weather.. Why? Because after his car was edited, the thermo fans were set to only switch off at 82 degrees, (to match the 82 degree thermostat) but the factory thermostat (92deg) would not allow the engine temp to get this low as it would close up and stop the circulation of water into the radiator....And just so you know, you can get a lower temp thermostat for the same price as a regular one... give or take a few bucks here or there. Edited 05/04/07 02:44 PM by Ford_Power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groper Member 611 Member For: 18y 24d Posted 06/04/07 07:44 AM Share Posted 06/04/07 07:44 AM ...........so, in the real world, your car wont stay at the lower temp of the cooler thermostat under hotter driving conditions of higher load and/or ambient temperature.the point im trying to make is this, A cooler thermostat wont help keep your car running cooler when you want it most!!! IE hard driving or more rwkw or hot days.if this is your goal, BUY A BIGGER RADIATOR...if your fangin, your car wont stay cool....if you dont want to fang why the f*ck are we talking about more timing from lower temp engine??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFHOON Donating Members 1,932 Member For: 18y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 06/04/07 07:56 AM Share Posted 06/04/07 07:56 AM I removed the thermostat on my old xf falcon... it took 45 mins to get 1 or 2 notches on the temp display it usually ran at 5 or 6 notches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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