water temp gauge

[4g63gst20]

ok i installed my autometer water temp, everything seems to be working fine but my question is, what's the normal operation temperature? my car was at about 210 F all the time.

[macder]

Depending on few variables like altitude, atmospheric pressure, outside temperature, and modifications on the motor, anywhere from 180F to 220F is normal. The autometer guage may be different, but the universal standard is that the needle should be slighly under half.

[4g63gst20]

Originally Posted by macder

Depending on few variables like altitude, atmospheric pressure, outside temperature, and modifications on the motor, anywhere from 180F to 220F is normal. The autometer guage may be different, but the universal standard is that the needle should be slighly under half.

yes when i had my stock gauge hooked up it was right uder half. but now i got the one with actual numbers i didn't know where it should be. but it's been at 210 all the time,sometimes it goes to 200 but only i let it idle for while.thanks man,

[crunchymilk55]

when you're actually driving you should see significantly lower temps. I mean on a highway though, not like stop and go driving, that's where the highest temps are (idling)

[spyderturbo007]

When fully warmed up, I run between 204 and 206. Sometimes after a hard 2 or 3 gear pull the temp will jump up to 208 or 210, but it immediately comes back down.

Sounds normal to me.

[david-b]

I had a OBD-II scanner tool that hooked up to laptop. Kinda like DSM Link, but with no tuning. Just strickly sensor data. You could actually watch the coolant temp go up on the laptop when the data wasw downloaded to the computer. Kinda cool, because you could see exactly when the temp got hotter or cooler, depending on how fast you were going and all the other factors. It was so nice I returned it a few days later then.

[crunchymilk55]

if you liked that, you'd love DSMLink

also keep in mind the ECU retards timing 1 degree at 210 degrees!

[david-b]

So, you want it cold then? Is this true with N/T 420a? Also, how can we get over that then?

[crunchymilk55]

you don't want it cold, you want it right in the operating temperature. Driving around temps shouldn't hit 210 and cause the ECU to retard timing. I don't know anything about the N/T's though, sorry.