On Saturday, April 5, 2003, at 07:16 AM, Gerald Van Vlack wrote:
> Darrell, In my opinion at idle you risk having temperatures in the
> head reach unacceptable numbers before your fan is activated, even
> with the lower settings as you've indicated. I find that my car runs
> best at 180 to 190 water temperature. I am able to maintain that
> temperature even at idle if the fan turns on soon enough. If allowed
> to get too hot it takes an inordinate amount of time to cool. My
> engine is warmed up a bit with larger pistons, a milled head and cam
> so I am generating more heat too.
> What does your temperature gauge read at the time when the fan is
> activated?
> JVV
The fan comes on just before the gauge hits the upper range of the
bracket around the center 70 C mark. Normally the gauge reads just
below the 70 C mark.
As a side note, my car has a temp gauge in C. Is that correct for a 66
TR4A?
Some quick (approximate) conversions:
70 C = 160 F
80 C = 175 F
90 C = 195 F
So I'm guessing that my temp never gets above 80-85 C (175-185 F).
--
Darrell Walker
66 TR4A IRS CTC67956L
Vancouver, WA, USA
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