i have a 95 camaro Z28, wondering....for those that have the same car/engine setup, where does your temp needle sit....

when sitting in traffic
idleing/not moving in park
driving

????

 

With 160thermostat, my car used to run at the first line on the gauge. About 175-185degrees

 

I know my mom's 97 use to run 210-225 constantly.

 

interesting....

mine runs at 180 when driving, goes to i guess it would be 225 on the guage when at an idle.

 

I was thinking the same thing when I first got my car. Let me put it this way - your fan doesn't kick in till about 238 - I can't think of any other common engines that run as hot as F-Body engines, they're built to handle the heat, and I've been told that heading the engine so high is quite good for it, as it burns off buildups from the valves and runners and whatnot.

 

It's because your fans are on the stock settings.

Don't turn off the A/C in traffic, as long as it's on the second fan will be also. Have your fans reprogrammed and a lower temp thermostat.

 

my fans kick on fairly early. With the 160 thermosat it sits at about 170 driving and about 180 when stop and ideling

 

get ur pcm reprogrammed. stock fan settings are pretty high. my car used to run hot like that all the time too. ever since i did the pcm and 160 stat, it runs cool as hell, even when its hot outside. http://www.madz28.com/

 

Don't get the wrong idea about this, man. Its healthy for the car to run at those temperatures, and actually not that good for it to run on a 160 degree thermostat. I mean, its like it is for a reason - and that reason is usually reliability over performance.

 

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LT1's are set to run at those temps for emissions reasons only. The LT1 was an evolution of the SBC. AL heads and reverse cooling that flows from the radiator to the heads to the block. The purpose of that is to be able to run a higher compression ratio with out detonation. Getting a properly prepared LT1 to run on pump gas with 12:1 CR can be done with no detonation.