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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 03:36 PM
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Question 25% underdrive pulley

When I did my cam,valve springs and headers I installed a 25% underdrive crank pulley.My car is running about 20° warmer now at highway speed and idle.Are any of you guys seeing the same thing?

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Old Jan 20, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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The underdrive pulley should not matter at highway speed, you should be moving plenty of water. I didn't have any problem on my F-bodies.
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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 06:53 AM
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When my asp u/d pully was installed I also had the Meziere EWP installed. I saw nothing but cooler temps. Especially at highway speeds. What T stat you running, and what Temps are your fans programmed to come on at ?? BTW did you see an improvement in gas mileage ?? I know I did.
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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 06:55 AM
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Cancel the stat question, I should've read your sig. Sorry. Make sure you don't have any obstructions, or damage to your radiator. Is your coolant level at full ??
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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by allngn_c5
Cancel the stat question, I should've read your sig. Sorry. Make sure you don't have any obstructions, or damage to your radiator. Is your coolant level at full ??
I cleaned the ac condenser and the radiator when I was doing the cam swap 2 weekends ago.Fans are low speed on 185° off 182° high speed on 189° off
186°.Coolant is full.I have my tune just about done so it is running great.
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Old Jan 21, 2008 | 11:20 AM
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Check and make sure you got all the air out of the coolant system. You could have some air in the system causing the car to run hotter than usual. Also maybe you could put in a new t-stat, the new one may not be opening all the way up, hurting flow. How about belt slippage, make sure the belt is on right.
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