Cut radiator open ???!!!

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Ok I order a new radiator and for the heck of it I cut the old ond open. Dddaamm seriously dirty. Take a look no wonder car was running around 200 215.
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Car was running that temperature because that’s what the factory fan settings make it run. A bunch of us have revised our high/low speed settings along with a 170* thermostat.
 
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03cobra#694 said:
Car was running that temperature because that’s what the factory fan settings make it run. A bunch of us have revised our high/low speed settings along with a 170* thermostat.
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What he said. I think stock settings are 214° for low and 228° for high. Or somewhere around there.
 
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c6zhombre said:
From the pics he's posted, it's not even near bonestock. Probably does have a toon with revised fan settings.
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It does have alot of stuff done to it. Buy back to radiator gunk. It is not oil. Does not feel like it nor smell like it. Buddy says yrs worth of gunk or radiator stop seal. Do you guys think it could gunk that much

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Didn’t they come with some crap in the rads from the factory? I remember seeing that, and saw it in mine when I flushed and swapped the fluid out years ago.
 
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The oem radiators are supposedly the best options for our cars its a shame you cut yours up. The aftermarket ones have fitment issues and some complain they don't cool as well.
 
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03cobra#694 said:
Not always. I had to revise mine myself.
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Who tuned your car? Revising the fan speeds is about as elementary as it gets with a tune, even just an upper pulley car.

Of course, that doesn't guarantee anything. Any car that I would buy that had an unknown tune on it, I'd consider getting a second look from one of the reputable tuners around the industry. Fan speeds might be the least of the worries.
 
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Did you have some of that crap coming out of the draincock? What made you think it was junked up like that inside?


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c6zhombre said:
Who tuned your car? Revising the fan speeds is about as elementary as it gets with a tune, even just an upper pulley car.

Of course, that doesn't guarantee anything. Any car that I would buy that had an unknown tune on it, I'd consider getting a second look from one of the reputable tuners around the industry. Fan speeds might be the least of the worries.
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VMP, they did change them some, but I revised them more when I changed the stat. I think I followed the recommended settings from the 170* stat.
 

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