Recently i've dropped in a 180 degree stat and lowered the fan settings to try and more pinpoint what's causing my cooling system to "hang up" while it's doing it's job.
Better explanation, my system cools alright at night, but during the day with temps above 80 the cooling system only works one way and that's heating up and never cooling off. The gauge (autometer) will climb to 210 and just sit. No matter the fan coming on or not, driving down the road doesn't cool it off any either. With the 195 stat that was in it, it sat at 195 at night. Now with the 180 in there it sits at 195 at night as well. But slowly climbs north of 195, into the 210+ range even with the high speed fan coming on earlier. (that's during the day, i really see no issues with less humid temps at night)
It seems as if the radiator isn't pulling its weight anymore with higher ambient temps.
I know there's not been a lot of good luck withthe Mishimoto or the fluidyne pieces either one. It seems pretty hit and miss on getting a product from either company. I've dug a bit and found that guys with subframe connectors seem to have a little better luck with the welds busting, or not busting i guess i should say.
The 03-04 radiator is the other unit i'm debating on, but i'm finding mixed input on how well it helps with cooling our cars.
I'd prefer a 3 core setup as an intercooled supercharger is in my plans for the car after i iron out all these annoyances i've got going on.
With the Mishi, i know there's a lifetime waranty, and i'm sure i can manage to install the radiator myself, so busting wleds is just gonna be a minor annoyance if it happens.
I hear the fluidyne is a higher quality piece, with a 2 year warranty, and i'm prone to the same problems. I can't afford, or warrant spending 500 dollars on something just to have to replace it in 2.5 years for another 500 if the welds bust.
The 03-04.... is just super expensive for it being a single core unit, and i don't know if the price is worth the minor drop in cooling i might see, if any.
Now, SVTP.... what would you do?
Also, custom jobs from radiator builders seem to be the safest bet and i know a few guys on here have went that route, but what's the price on those? 6-800 bucks? There's not a shop around me that i'm aware of that can do such work for me... so that's not the best of options unfortunately.
Better explanation, my system cools alright at night, but during the day with temps above 80 the cooling system only works one way and that's heating up and never cooling off. The gauge (autometer) will climb to 210 and just sit. No matter the fan coming on or not, driving down the road doesn't cool it off any either. With the 195 stat that was in it, it sat at 195 at night. Now with the 180 in there it sits at 195 at night as well. But slowly climbs north of 195, into the 210+ range even with the high speed fan coming on earlier. (that's during the day, i really see no issues with less humid temps at night)
It seems as if the radiator isn't pulling its weight anymore with higher ambient temps.
I know there's not been a lot of good luck withthe Mishimoto or the fluidyne pieces either one. It seems pretty hit and miss on getting a product from either company. I've dug a bit and found that guys with subframe connectors seem to have a little better luck with the welds busting, or not busting i guess i should say.
The 03-04 radiator is the other unit i'm debating on, but i'm finding mixed input on how well it helps with cooling our cars.
I'd prefer a 3 core setup as an intercooled supercharger is in my plans for the car after i iron out all these annoyances i've got going on.
With the Mishi, i know there's a lifetime waranty, and i'm sure i can manage to install the radiator myself, so busting wleds is just gonna be a minor annoyance if it happens.
I hear the fluidyne is a higher quality piece, with a 2 year warranty, and i'm prone to the same problems. I can't afford, or warrant spending 500 dollars on something just to have to replace it in 2.5 years for another 500 if the welds bust.
The 03-04.... is just super expensive for it being a single core unit, and i don't know if the price is worth the minor drop in cooling i might see, if any.
Now, SVTP.... what would you do?
Also, custom jobs from radiator builders seem to be the safest bet and i know a few guys on here have went that route, but what's the price on those? 6-800 bucks? There's not a shop around me that i'm aware of that can do such work for me... so that's not the best of options unfortunately.
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