What knd of engine temps do you see.



I have seen as high as 207 degrees when I am Autocrossing. Normal everyday driving I see 195 to 200 during a 90 degree day.



Is 207 too high??



Is there anywhere I can get a 180 degree thermostat? Stock is 190.



Thanks for your input.

up to 215 is safe..... mine runs a consistent 185-190....

Thanks Vosko. You can imagine my look of panic when my P.O.S. Autometer guage was reading 215 today.



I quickly hooked up my laptop and read 97° celcius. I double checked my conversion this evening and came up with 207°. These FD engines run pretty hot huh??



BTW - the Autometer temp guage is reading 10° hotter than the real temp.



Lets recap Autometer Temp. Guage off 10°



Autometer Booste guage reads 4 lbs. too high.





Autometer = Crap!

Bump this **********er....





Um... My stupid autometer gauge won't go over 140F. I KNOW that's not right... I have the coolant line to the TB tapped for reading...





What the hell could be going on?

my autometer water temp gauge DIED. i went all DEFI gauges... expensive but worth it.



contrary to popular believe i think the AUTOMETER gauges were made for FD's.... they read to hot and too much boost. this must be a design on purpose so that they dont' actually damage anything https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png heh



jim if your TII is running too hot get higher flowing fans or pull the thermostat.



i agree autometer is crap.... lol

mine was tapped into the thermostat housing and seemed to read correctly

I didn't know they read more boost than was actually there... where'd you find that out?

you look at gauge then you look at haltech or pfc or whatever EMS you have and see the difference https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png

above 235f or 115c you are on your own.

what kinda fans/radiator do you have?



mike

what are the normal operating tempatures for a hot summer day and a cold winter day... with the car fully warmed up? is there a huge difference? i need to find a safe cut-off point as this will be my first 7 summer.



cold days my engine temp is about 92 - 96 C fully warmed up.



thanks.

92-96 is normal



mike

mine was tapped into the thermostat housing and seemed to read correctly [/quote]

Well, dammit! That aint fixing mine!!! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif



Any ideas? Low voltage? Bad ground?? Dammnit....

mine was tapped into the thermostat housing and seemed to read correctly [/quote]

Well, dammit! That aint fixing mine!!! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif



Any ideas? Low voltage? Bad ground?? Dammnit.... [/quote]

i dunno i am fixing mine by throwing mine in the trash can . it reads a permanent 300+ F LOL

We hooked up a Mechanical Greddy guage to the car when it was on the dyno. This was a while ago I have since went with a Greddy electrical boost guage with memory and overboost warning.



When we hooked up the greddy at the dyno and went to adjust the profec b we read 11 lbs on the Autometer and 7 on the greddy.



I was seeing 96-97° C. after my runs. I checked my data log and that was max. Plus it cooled right down after the runs. down to 92°



BTW - I got FTD (fastest time of day) for any vehicle there including open wheel cars (lotus 7 and a sprint car) and racing carts. There was a national champ there with his cobra kit car, he was the fastest car in Ft. Meyers 2 weeks ago at the Por-Solo tour. He beat me by 0.01 seconds BUT he hit a cone = 2 second penalty.



It was really cool being the fastest car there. I am going to post an in car vid in the Motorsports section at the end of the week.