Holy Jesus how did I miss this clusterfk....
Tell me what that will do besides just cool the coolant in the Radiator and drain the battery..
I'm going to do my best to apply what I know of thermodynamics, physics, and common sense to un-potato this mess. Sheesh..
Hi Jaden.
My question on this is how are you seeing this quick of a temp rise? Turning the key on and seeing the temp gauge spiked that high within a minute? If it's dumping that much gas before firing there is an ignition issue so it may be a bad coil or ICM. You have the gas, you lack the spark.
That is not hot, at all. You get into the 215 range then worry.
Heat soak and over heating are two very different things. If the car runs at 200 at most, it's not over heating.
Parked sitting still with no air moving through the engine bay, hottest part is anything exhaust so that heat will dissipate all over the engine bay until it all cools off. That is heat soak.
Higher RPM will generate more heat, yes. That much heat in the engine bay seems to be a lot and you are getting vapor lock if it's boiling gas off in the lines. Others can chime in here to help remedy that with some tricks, my stuff is all EFI.
Just trying to help with the above, the Radiator is not the issue here...
Sorry for the late replies all, I work long shifts in the heat every day and fall asleep almost as soon as i get home so i can mostly work on my car during the weekend. I also spend any time during the week to work on a seperate project car, a 1985 cutlass supreme 442. If i havent answered or replied to you yet i may have misread and not seen it or havent been able but i will asap!
Hi! I am seeing the temp rise through the gauge with the key turned yes, all of the ignition system is all good and brand new but i will double check my spark plugs tommorow, and i have tested a fan delay timer and it works really well for keeping the cars temp down while i go into the store and it starts up pretty quick with no raw gas smoke or smell! (Havent wired it up yet will do soon)
However after driving the car today (still no thermostat, also will be doing tommorow so that may contribute) after sitting at a stoplight for about 1 minute and giving about 3/4 throttle, it died on me and i had to coast through the intersection. I am assuming this is called vapor lock? The car was running 195~ and was doing good until i tried to gun it.
Also its good to know 215 is a fine temperature!
I have "3.73" gears but they feel more like in the range of 4.56 gears since the car doesnt even wanna go past 55 mph. Could having such high rear gears contribute to high rpms constantly leading to running the car hotter? I would think so and thats what i understand from your last paragraph i just am not sure how much of a difference heat wise it would make