Normal coolant temp
However, engines are not always producing maximum power and therefore maximum heat. Which is usually the case when the engine is producing maximum power. If at some point the engine is producing heat faster than the cooling system can remove it, the temp will increase. That is the point where the engine is producting heat at the same rate the cooling system can remove it from the coolant. As long as the radiator can cool the coolant faster than the engine can produce heat the temperature would drop. 160 being the point the t-stat begins to open, permitting coolant to flow to the radiator. So, you put in a 160 T-stat and then the minimum temp would be about 160. Say 140 -150 degrees which is obviously too cold for a number of reasons. If you were to remove the thermostat the coolant temperature would never get hot enough. In other words it takes longer for the engine to get to operating temp, as far as coolant temp is concerned. They really don't have any effect at speed.Ī thermostat that opens at a lower temp will not prevent the temperature from increasing but rather it simply determines the lowest temp the coolant can be. This will help somewhat but again only when the speed is low enough that airflow through the radiator is insufficient. If your stock fans are working properly they. You can achieve the latter by programming the cars computer or "Powertrain Control Module" (PCM) to activate the fan/s at a lower temperature/s. With the existing stock cooling system, normal temps should be 195 except when sitting in traffic as noted above. If you want to dramatically lower the coolant temps you have to increase the effectiveness of the radiator by using a larger radiator and/or increase the airflow through the radiator.
#NORMAL COOLANT TEMP PC#
With my 3080 blowing hot ass air into the case, my cooler has to blow that hot air through the rad and that causes my coolant to hit temps around 36c-38c at a 2300RPM fan speed, at that point my PC is an actual jet plane. Yes, the higher temps will rob you of some h.p. My coolant temp gets to levels that cause the default fan curve to literally max out. This will help maintain the coolant temp, if not lower it, while at idle or moving so slowly that there is not a lot of airflow through the radiator. You can turn on the A/C which will activate the high speed fan if you didn't already have it on. One final thing, there are no stupid questions only stupid answers.It's normal, yes. When I checked the temp with a hand held digital thermometer the reading was 220*. On my wife's Lincoln LS the temp gauge (analog) is almost always pegged at the center mark. For example, on my 93, which has both an analog and a digital temp gauge, the analog gauge has a low reading of 100* and a high of 260* but the mid point is not 180*, it's actually closer to 210*. Usually it is closer to the optimum level. By that I mean that the middle hash mark is not the average of the two end points. Keep in mind also that analog gauges are not necessarily linear. If I were the OP, and was worried about the temperature of the GPU pushing the thermal of the coolant above the wanted 40C max, would be to buy a new case where. If the car was equiped with RPO B4P (radiator boost fan) it came on at 235*. The original OP was asking about temperature of the CPU and coolant, where Prime95 would give the 'unearthly' max temperature and would tell them the maximum the CPU would push it to. For the 85 - 89, the fan is programmed to come on at 226*. On page 68 is a table that gives the fan operating parameters for the various C4s. In the October issue of Corvette Enthusiast there is a great article about the cooling system. The newer engines are disigned to operate at higher temps, primarily for emissions reasons. I am going to Vette Fest at Mid America in september and I am going to ask Gordon Killebrew if there is a way to improve my cooling fans:lookinup:Ĭlick to expand.Back in the old days (sigh) engines ran at about 190* or cooler. I did this test and my car with the 180 stat and both fans running could not I stopped the test when the temp gauge got up to 220 degrees. With the door open start your car and turn on your AC and see if the cooling fans can keep up with the heat. Give your car the test! pull it in to the garage. I have removed and cleaned my radiator and condenser. But in town it will still climb up to 215 degrees. My car still ran 190 degrees yesterday with the air on and the out side temp at 86 degrees. My 1988 corvette has a 180 degree stat a hypertech chip that turns my primary on at 175 degrees and I have wired a bypass switch on my aux fan so I can turn it on any time I want.
I feel your pain! I would have to say most of us corvette owners want our cars to run at the same temp as the rest of the cars we own.