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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 02:22 PM
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i just rebuilt my motor bored .10 over bumped it down to 9.5:1 and am running 7psi of boost. what should my temp guage read? Its running at a fraction before 210!
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Old Feb 1, 2005 | 02:54 PM
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thats close to stock, hmm. putta 160 stat in it maybe.
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i just rebuilt my motor bored .10 over bumped it down to 9.5:1 and am running 7psi of boost. what should my temp guage read? Its running at a fraction before 210!
If this is a factory LS1 '99 and up temp gage then don't worry about what it reads, they all read 210 after warm up, even if the actual coolant temp is 185.......

You'll have to hook up an aftermarket gage or use a scan tool to read actual temp.
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Old Feb 3, 2005 | 01:52 PM
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