Cooling?
Cooling? Will I cause problems to my cooling system by looping water pump heater core outlets together and gutting my thermostat, by gutting I mean cutting off everything below the top part of the tstat?
Getting rid of your thermostat can cause many problems. If your coolant is always flowing it can not efficiently cool the motor as there isn't enough time for it to extract the heat from the motor nor time for the radiator to dissipate the heat from the coolant. The engineers put it there for a reason. If you want to run cooler, I would go with a 160 Thermo. They work excellent
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Engine has high compression, and I noticed when idling the temp was raising above 220, that's with a 160 tstat and fan coming on. I don't daily drive, car was built for strip and street, more strip but when I decide to cruise I don't want temp to be problematic which is why I'm inquiring.
Engine has high compression, and I noticed when idling the temp was raising above 220, that's with a 160 tstat and fan coming on. I don't daily drive, car was built for strip and street, more strip but when I decide to cruise I don't want temp to be problematic which is why I'm inquiring.
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Engine has high compression, and I noticed when idling the temp was raising above 220, that's with a 160 tstat and fan coming on. I don't daily drive, car was built for strip and street, more strip but when I decide to cruise I don't want temp to be problematic which is why I'm inquiring.
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is the little flow limiter thing needed for the cooling system? I've always wandered would it really make a difference removing it. I know water is always flowing to the heater core so... either way wouldn't it be like running the heat?
No I haven't burped the system, didn't know that I would need to do so. I'm not running a heater core, instead the hoses are looped at the wp. And I'm not quite sure what temp the fan is programmed to come on at, but my car has been tuned for well over 5 years, so...
EDIT: I just re read what you wrote, I hope I fully understand what your are saying. But if you opened up the system and then added coolant after you looped the heater hose lines it would cause and air pocket most likely. Seems like I get one everytime I drain the system and re fill it when im turning a wrench on my car.
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Proper refill procedure is a must for the LT1 to eliminate air pockets. You need to find out what temps your fans are programmed for.