rebuilt engine, str blockguard, why cant i keep the engine temp down?
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sorry for the broken pictures. they are back up now.
for those of your who chose airflow, you are correct. I used aluminum flashing beside the rad to stop it from pulling heat from the engine bay. I also build flashing for the top to box that in as well as there is an inch or two above the rad when the hood is closed. That in itself didnt fix the problem so i had to wait till i had some time off to do some more testing.
so today i went out and pulled the bumper and also moved the oil cooler. Drove around(its about 70 degress today). temps were constantly at 190F. Drove for about 30 k on the highway and it never climbed any higher then that. Fan wasnt on either as the temp was low. Did some 3rd gear pulls, the temp would actually drop as i was doing the pull then of course after it would jump up. Id stop on the side of the road and let it idle. It would slowly climb(to be expected) until it hit 202 F and thats when the fan would kick on. After that it would drop back down to 194 and the fan would shut back off.
I saw temperatures drop to 178 when driving around. this is a huge change from before.
All temperatures were monitored inside uberdata as i only have the stock guage for now.
I will also be wiring the fan back up to run all the time. Cash is low right now but once i get some more money im going to move the battery to the back,make the fan a puller and get it away from the light housing(although very little of the rad is blocked by the light housing)
So now that i know the problem i need to figure out an effective way to route air in front of the rad. Im going to go post a picture of my car with the bumper off and then with it on as soon as it stops raining out..
for those of your who chose airflow, you are correct. I used aluminum flashing beside the rad to stop it from pulling heat from the engine bay. I also build flashing for the top to box that in as well as there is an inch or two above the rad when the hood is closed. That in itself didnt fix the problem so i had to wait till i had some time off to do some more testing.
so today i went out and pulled the bumper and also moved the oil cooler. Drove around(its about 70 degress today). temps were constantly at 190F. Drove for about 30 k on the highway and it never climbed any higher then that. Fan wasnt on either as the temp was low. Did some 3rd gear pulls, the temp would actually drop as i was doing the pull then of course after it would jump up. Id stop on the side of the road and let it idle. It would slowly climb(to be expected) until it hit 202 F and thats when the fan would kick on. After that it would drop back down to 194 and the fan would shut back off.
I saw temperatures drop to 178 when driving around. this is a huge change from before.
All temperatures were monitored inside uberdata as i only have the stock guage for now.
I will also be wiring the fan back up to run all the time. Cash is low right now but once i get some more money im going to move the battery to the back,make the fan a puller and get it away from the light housing(although very little of the rad is blocked by the light housing)
So now that i know the problem i need to figure out an effective way to route air in front of the rad. Im going to go post a picture of my car with the bumper off and then with it on as soon as it stops raining out..