rollex Member 683 Member For: 10y 11m 14d Gender: Male Location: Australia Posted 05/03/15 04:47 AM Share Posted 05/03/15 04:47 AM So I had my car retuned with a XCAL 4 and have been using it to datalog just out of curiousity. Anyway I'm seeing radiator temps of 90-100c (got to 104c sitting in traffic when it was 30c) and oil up to 90c in this 25c weather just after a fairly normal drive without much boost, that is about halfway on the temp gauge in the BF. If I boost it in the hills the temps are more like 90-95 due to the extra air flow however it seems very high, my old skyline never went over 85-90c even when on the dyno in hot weather with a stock radiator and huge FMIC.Car has a stage 2 process west intercooler which I'm guessing blocks the radiator slightly. What temp is considered overheated and going to cause damage to the motor? Also what is the stock thermostat temperature?The air intake temps never go over 40c unless I idle the car in traffic for an hour, then they can get to 70c but very quickly drop down to 40-50 again.Is getting the fans to turn on earlier all I need to get the temps down, or is upgrading the radiator a fairly common thing to do? Or are these motors designed to run hotter for emissions and 100-105c is fine? I've been told the new v8 commodores can get to 115c around town which is apparently fairly normal.Cheers Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkets is Drunk? Too heavy needs boost Member 5,929 Member For: 11y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 05/03/15 06:17 AM Share Posted 05/03/15 06:17 AM (edited) 40-50 intake temps. What was the temp outside.My oil gets to 92-95 when smashing it around. So probably the norm then. Edited 05/03/15 06:19 AM by Bizkets is fat? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/#findComment-1533272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 05/03/15 07:13 AM Share Posted 05/03/15 07:13 AM Everything u said is normal Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/#findComment-1533281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollex Member 683 Member For: 10y 11m 14d Gender: Male Location: Australia Posted 05/03/15 07:49 AM Author Share Posted 05/03/15 07:49 AM (edited) Ok good. So what kind of temps are considered too hot and overheating, 110 ? On 05/03/2015 at 6:17 AM, Bizkets is fat? said: 40-50 intake temps. What was the temp outside.My oil gets to 92-95 when smashing it around. So probably the norm then.40-50c intake temps was with about 26c outside, the huge intercooler is why they are so low. Edited 05/03/15 07:51 AM by rollex Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/#findComment-1533287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkets is Drunk? Too heavy needs boost Member 5,929 Member For: 11y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 05/03/15 07:55 AM Share Posted 05/03/15 07:55 AM that's not low at all. Mine with thrashing it only sits 3-5 above ambient temps. 26 outside and it will sit at 29-30. that's it. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/#findComment-1533291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollex Member 683 Member For: 10y 11m 14d Gender: Male Location: Australia Posted 05/03/15 07:57 AM Author Share Posted 05/03/15 07:57 AM (edited) On 05/03/2015 at 7:55 AM, Bizkets is fat? said: that's not low at all. Mine with thrashing it only sits 3-5 above ambient temps. 26 outside and it will sit at 29-30. that's it.If you are running not much boost that would be believable, but if you are pushing 15psi of boost the air is going to be more than 5c above ambient. Eg the stock intercooler will get much hotter than ambient. Edited 05/03/15 07:57 AM by rollex Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/#findComment-1533292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 6m 2d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 05/03/15 08:05 AM Share Posted 05/03/15 08:05 AM Biz just has a bad ass cooler so not really fair comparison... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/#findComment-1533295 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 12y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 05/03/15 08:08 AM Share Posted 05/03/15 08:08 AM Bass ass AND huge Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/#findComment-1533297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkets is Drunk? Too heavy needs boost Member 5,929 Member For: 11y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 05/03/15 08:46 AM Share Posted 05/03/15 08:46 AM (edited) On 05/03/2015 at 7:57 AM, rollex said: If you are running not much boost that would be believable, but if you are pushing 15psi of boost the air is going to be more than 5c above ambient. Eg the stock intercooler will get much hotter than ambient.20lb gtx76. Coolers not that big. Its just the best you can get.Well ok its massive.This one weighs less then the pw stepped core to. Ill never use pw sh*t again. Edited 05/03/15 08:51 AM by Bizkets is fat? 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/#findComment-1533312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 11m 25d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 05/03/15 09:39 AM Share Posted 05/03/15 09:39 AM how are you measuring this temp? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/90181-how-hot-is-too-hot-100c/#findComment-1533327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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