ricardoa1
Registered User
Nice weather means taking the SC out, but temperatures have been climbing and with the help of BE I got chance to scale the factory temperature gauge, so that I know the limits when I run into a situation where itÂ’s too hot outside.
NORM is the operating range on my car and beginning of N is 180 between ON basically vertical is 200, start if M is 210 and little past the end of M is 220, at which BE glows bright red telling me that things are heating up.
I’ve taken the car out twice on 90 degree days and 220 is pretty much where it wants to be with the AC on and some traffic, standing still it wants to climb further, cruising will get it back down to maybe 210. As soon as ambient temps get to 80 or below, maintains 180-190 pretty easy, unless I do a pull.
My question is how much heat can the engine tolerate?
What is normal operation for a stock SC? Isn’t it Lo Fan 220 and Hi Fan 228? Should I be concerned running the engine at 220? What about boost when does it become dangerous to boost? 200? 210?
It would be nice if one day I could go through a pull through all gears with 90 degrees outside or maybe have some endurance and not worry things are going to pop.
NORM is the operating range on my car and beginning of N is 180 between ON basically vertical is 200, start if M is 210 and little past the end of M is 220, at which BE glows bright red telling me that things are heating up.
I’ve taken the car out twice on 90 degree days and 220 is pretty much where it wants to be with the AC on and some traffic, standing still it wants to climb further, cruising will get it back down to maybe 210. As soon as ambient temps get to 80 or below, maintains 180-190 pretty easy, unless I do a pull.
My question is how much heat can the engine tolerate?
What is normal operation for a stock SC? Isn’t it Lo Fan 220 and Hi Fan 228? Should I be concerned running the engine at 220? What about boost when does it become dangerous to boost? 200? 210?
It would be nice if one day I could go through a pull through all gears with 90 degrees outside or maybe have some endurance and not worry things are going to pop.
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