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<blockquote data-quote="Nbrac27" data-source="post: 17027087" data-attributes="member: 191006"><p>So let's talk about what I've done to it between getting back from Poland and finally seeing her, to today (About 2 months).</p><p></p><p>For the first month, it was great. The car made far more power than my previous terminator with a stock blower (obviously), and everything about it felt better.</p><p></p><p>Took her to the local C&C, met another local terminator owner and his brother with a wild twin turbo Mach 1.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1834344[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A few days later, got the new CCW's mounted and balanced with the new tires. Absolutely loved the look of them, but man the stock ride height on these cars is insane... they may as well have been monster trucks.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1834345[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So, next step was to fix that. Ended up going with a set of H&R Sports, which I couldn't be happier with. Ended up dropping the car about an inch all the way around, and looks much MUCH better.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1834348[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1834346[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Drove her around a bit, loved it. Then, one day was driving to the gym and suddenly, my car essentially stuttered, and then overheated. Pulled over, popped the hood and there was coolant everywhere... Begin three week long process of trial and error searching for what the problem was. Looked on forums, messaged people on FB Groups, asked around as much as possible and began my troubleshooting.</p><p></p><p><strong>First Attempt:</strong></p><p>Was told the reservoir tank caps sometimes, for lack of a better word, go bad and don't hold the pressure they're supposed too. Since I couldn't tell exactly where ALL the coolant came from when it overheated, but clearly much of it was coming from the res tank, I tried here first.</p><p></p><p>Nothing.</p><p></p><p><strong>Attempt 2:</strong></p><p>Was told the thermostat could be the issue. Got a new one, drained the system, replaced it, vacuum filled the system and burped it.</p><p></p><p>Nothing.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1834347[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>Attempt 3:</strong></p><p>At this point it was getting worrisome because it was starting to look like it might be the headgasket. I got a tester kit, tested the car, and it came back negative for exhaust fumes in the coolant.. wasn't convinced, but moved on. It seemed like all of the steam when the car was overheating was coming from the radiator area. </p><p></p><p>So, purchased a Fluidyne 3 Core, and pulled the old radiator. Here's some pictures from the process, with the final one being the stock radiator after pulling it out.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1834353[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1834354[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1834355[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Long story short, problem, SOLVED! The stock radiator ended up being my issue, and now with the new Fluidyne in everything is back to normal!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nbrac27, post: 17027087, member: 191006"] So let's talk about what I've done to it between getting back from Poland and finally seeing her, to today (About 2 months). For the first month, it was great. The car made far more power than my previous terminator with a stock blower (obviously), and everything about it felt better. Took her to the local C&C, met another local terminator owner and his brother with a wild twin turbo Mach 1. [ATTACH type="full"]1834344[/ATTACH] A few days later, got the new CCW's mounted and balanced with the new tires. Absolutely loved the look of them, but man the stock ride height on these cars is insane... they may as well have been monster trucks. [ATTACH type="full"]1834345[/ATTACH] So, next step was to fix that. Ended up going with a set of H&R Sports, which I couldn't be happier with. Ended up dropping the car about an inch all the way around, and looks much MUCH better. [ATTACH type="full"]1834348[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1834346[/ATTACH] Drove her around a bit, loved it. Then, one day was driving to the gym and suddenly, my car essentially stuttered, and then overheated. Pulled over, popped the hood and there was coolant everywhere... Begin three week long process of trial and error searching for what the problem was. Looked on forums, messaged people on FB Groups, asked around as much as possible and began my troubleshooting. [B]First Attempt:[/B] Was told the reservoir tank caps sometimes, for lack of a better word, go bad and don't hold the pressure they're supposed too. Since I couldn't tell exactly where ALL the coolant came from when it overheated, but clearly much of it was coming from the res tank, I tried here first. Nothing. [B]Attempt 2:[/B] Was told the thermostat could be the issue. Got a new one, drained the system, replaced it, vacuum filled the system and burped it. Nothing. [ATTACH type="full"]1834347[/ATTACH] [B]Attempt 3:[/B] At this point it was getting worrisome because it was starting to look like it might be the headgasket. I got a tester kit, tested the car, and it came back negative for exhaust fumes in the coolant.. wasn't convinced, but moved on. It seemed like all of the steam when the car was overheating was coming from the radiator area. So, purchased a Fluidyne 3 Core, and pulled the old radiator. Here's some pictures from the process, with the final one being the stock radiator after pulling it out. [ATTACH type="full"]1834353[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1834354[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]1834355[/ATTACH] Long story short, problem, SOLVED! The stock radiator ended up being my issue, and now with the new Fluidyne in everything is back to normal! [/QUOTE]
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