water temperatures what are yours??

[daren_p]

As far as I know I have the stock thermostat (car was stock when I bought it) and with my dsmlink I see temps of 196 all the time when crusing (running hrc smic) and I believe the most it gets up to when sitting in traffic is 210, usually in the low 200's range. This is with ~100 deg outside air. I run 50/50 water/antifreeze and water wetter.

 

[mavisky]

I'm seeing 200-205 most days with the stock radiator, stock fans (both running), and stock thermostat hiding behind a thick front mount. A/C is removed however.

 

[Talon96tsiAWD]

i'm going to remove my ac condenser this weekend and mount to pusher fans in there and see if my in town temps go down. During the night its ok to drive it, but dam during the day my car runs so f'ing hot i dont really take it anywhere.

 

[2-0turbo]

As far as I know I have the stock thermostat (car was stock when I bought it) and with my dsmlink I see temps of 196 all the time when crusing (running hrc smic) and I believe the most it gets up to when sitting in traffic is 210, usually in the low 200's range. This is with ~100 deg outside air. I run 50/50 water/antifreeze and water wetter.

This is another thing you guys with overheating problems can try. Reduce your antifreeze percentage. Water transfers heat much more effectively than ethylene glycol. I am currently running 25% EG/75% water with no water wetter. If I was having problems with overheating, I would back that down to as little as 10% EG to try and reduce the problem. You do give up some high temperature "margin" from boiling, but remember your cooling system is under pressure and that will raise the boiling point of water. I ran across this site that goes into some detail about boiling points of various glycol mixtures at certain pressures. With no EG added, boiling point of water with 15psi radiator cap is about 244*F. This article goes into some warning about running no glycol, so use your discretion.

BTW, as can be seen from this article, the heat capacity of EG mixtures varies quite a bit. By reducing your 50/50 mixture to 25/75 glcol/water, you pick up about 10% additional heat capacity without changing anything else. For the table shown in this article about specific heat, straight water is 1 btu/lb - F. So, just the addition of even 25% glycol reduces heat transfer capability by 5-9% depending on temperature of fluid.

 

[GSntncT]

Well, and here I am thinking that my daily 180-185 degrees with only one fan was a little hot.....