KamikazeKunze
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Hey All,
I took the old 1010 to Denver Sunday and she did great, with one exception.
She didn’t use a drop of oil, nor ATF, but she did puke coolant a few times.
I have 33’s on her and even though her top speed is now 70mph, I kept her at 55 the whole drip. But climbing Vail Pass and The Eisenhower I had to pull over a few times seeing my lovely idiot light go red. I let her sit for 5m each time heater blowing as well and I was able to go again. Max speed 32mph up the grades.
At one point the courtesy patrol checked on me and put a thermometer in the coolant tank and it read 185, but she felt like 230 under the hood.
So....is the clutch fan stalling because of the high RPM and not pulling enough air through her? Is my gauge off. I’m definitely going to install a actual temp gauge, should I get pyrometer as well? Should I ditch the mechanical fan and put a big electric or twins on it?
she runs so well and even though she’s slow up the grade, I can’t enjoy the scenery as I’m target fixated on the indiot light.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
thanks all
I took the old 1010 to Denver Sunday and she did great, with one exception.
She didn’t use a drop of oil, nor ATF, but she did puke coolant a few times.
I have 33’s on her and even though her top speed is now 70mph, I kept her at 55 the whole drip. But climbing Vail Pass and The Eisenhower I had to pull over a few times seeing my lovely idiot light go red. I let her sit for 5m each time heater blowing as well and I was able to go again. Max speed 32mph up the grades.
At one point the courtesy patrol checked on me and put a thermometer in the coolant tank and it read 185, but she felt like 230 under the hood.
So....is the clutch fan stalling because of the high RPM and not pulling enough air through her? Is my gauge off. I’m definitely going to install a actual temp gauge, should I get pyrometer as well? Should I ditch the mechanical fan and put a big electric or twins on it?
she runs so well and even though she’s slow up the grade, I can’t enjoy the scenery as I’m target fixated on the indiot light.
Any and all suggestions are appreciated.
thanks all