Coolant temp: low/cool = HP
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From: Live Oak, FL - in the woods where the creatures lurk.
Re: Coolant temp: low/cool = HP I don't disagree, in principle, that low coolant temps are conducive to making HP, especially where head temps are concerned,and if the benefit is a quickly cooled combustion chamber.
Just don't think that 120* coolant temps are a practicality for your average Joe sitting in the staging lane.
I would still want the engine warmed enough that whatever thermal expansion/lubrication was going to take place didn't happen in a supercondensed time frame.
But of course I'm talking of a daily driver, not a "race" car.
Just don't think that 120* coolant temps are a practicality for your average Joe sitting in the staging lane.
I would still want the engine warmed enough that whatever thermal expansion/lubrication was going to take place didn't happen in a supercondensed time frame.
But of course I'm talking of a daily driver, not a "race" car.
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Re: Coolant temp: low/cool = HP ok Cobrah, not to get to off thread, but if GM made this car not to be screwed with THEN why do we have crappy PCV system that leaks in oil into the intake, Faulty oil pumps, snapping oil chains, chintzy roller rockers, etc.. and so on.. I am GM all the way, but i do also hot rod, thats why i love the LS1, its a great motor but it does have its shortcoming and there is an aftermarket to be sought after for and made better with these cars.
And cooler is better, just better in certain places then others. (short and to the point)
<small>[ June 17, 2002, 11:37 PM: Message edited by: blazinredls1 ]</small>
And cooler is better, just better in certain places then others. (short and to the point)
<small>[ June 17, 2002, 11:37 PM: Message edited by: blazinredls1 ]</small>
