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Tracked two weeks ago and moved the old cooler for the DCT out and dropped in the smaller cooler and set it off the rear of the radiator a bit. Car ran a bit cooler but not where I would want to beat the snot out of it. I went to short shifting and slowed a bit and was able to control temps around 230f. I then got to thinking about the electric portion of the cooling and was wondering if anyone who has data can tell me their coolant temps are? Because the map for the thermostat includes the possibility that it opens at 225f someone probably thought we can also mess with the fan speed also in the attempt to get higher mpg. I am trying to find out how much coolant the water pump moves and if it is adjustable. A quick email to Randy at EPIC says they can program the pump to run a bit different. I did find a bit of data that gives a few maps for the cooling system and the first danger setting is at a higher than what I have seen so far, 242f! And we wonder why plastic tanks fail often. I am looking to confirm this as I cant see any reason at speed for this kind of temps sans fan. Will be back at it Friday and look at better ducting into the front of the radiator to make sure there is no air leaking around the sides or tops.
So if anyone has any track temps for coolant please let me know. My findings are said to be coupled with certain oil temps which explains why they cheaped out on real coolant gauge on tha dash as it would probably drive us nuts!
Thanks
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