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Originally Posted by Rotary Evolution
don't mind ted, he is an agry induvidual with a chip on his shoulder to drag everyone down to his discontent level.
i see nothing wrong with increasing the coolant volume of the system and lowering the fan temps 10-15 degrees, it may work the fans harder but it certainly won't blow out a thermostat, it is the first i've even heard of or seen such a thing mentioned. even if the t-stat does fail it will fail in the open position which will result in longer warmups which you will notice on the aftermarket gauge. result being more fuel consumption and lacking performance, but additional wear? i want to see lab results on that one.
afaik he doesn't own an 8 or know any of the failure points on them. the plastic radiator is a ticking timebomb with the stock fan temps set from the factory and with the age these cars are reaching now. one overheat and the coolant seals may just be done.
you're on the right path of thinking so don't feel like you aren't. the stock system is borderline undersize for extreme situations, which is also why i assume you are upgrading. increased temps and more pressure overworking the soft, aging plastic cooling system components isn't exactly my ideal scenario. out here in the desert where temps hit 117+ regularly we have to be prepared and the stock radiator and fan turn on temps simply don't cut it on a car which is held together by 10 year old rubber bands on the inside.
i once thought about making this forum my home but then i looked around at all the high and mighty self serving induviduals who run this place.. some info may be more true and some is just total BS to make posters feel foolish, which will never allow this forum to actually grow.
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Nice, coming from someone who has no idea how to tune a stable idle...
For the record, my 1987 Turbo II with it's stock radiator has gone through Sac summers up to 115F and Vegas summers over 120F...
No problems.
This was back in 1999 - 2002, which makes the radiator 13 - 16 years old...original radiator...plastic end tanks and all.
Original stock viscous fan pulled...
Electric fan installed - 16" Spal single...
Turn on temps was set at 230F indicated on an SPI water temp gauge...
Turn off temps was set at 200F indicated on an SPI water temp gauge...
The car was making ~260hp at the wheels...obviously turbo'd motor.
That pretty much breaks all of your bullshit claims you stated above.
Don't you feel stupid now...
-Ted