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Super16G
post Apr 6 2003, 05:51 PM
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That's right...It keeps over heating. I put a C&R aluminum radiator with a spal fan, I installed a 170 degree thermostat and when I drive on long stretches of road like the highway it gets hot and spews coolant out of the over flow. Now in town driving its fine but as soon as I run it on the highway it gets warm ????
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post Jul 1 2003, 12:11 PM
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Maybe I've had too much crack... I'll have to recheck. I know that Darryl torques his ARP's over 100ft/lb's, but then he's running 30 lb's of boost too.

Although this may have been covered in the other thread, another thing to keep in mind is the stock head bolts after 1992 are the stretch type, and should be replaced when replacing the head or gasket. That is unless you measure them to make sure they are still within tollerance. From what I hear it's no more expensive to buy the better ARP studs than the stock stretch bolts.


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- Super16G   the GSX is getting hot   Apr 6 2003, 05:51 PM
- - -j-   "its gettin hot in here....." uh....i du...   Apr 6 2003, 06:54 PM
- - akamiami   Ditch the fan and put the stocker back on. Those ...   Apr 6 2003, 08:46 PM
- - wortdog   I agree, go back to the dual stocker fans. They p...   Apr 6 2003, 10:12 PM
- - Super16G   When I got it home tonight I felt the air coming f...   Apr 7 2003, 04:49 AM
- - natedogg   Make sure you burp the cooling system a few times....   Apr 7 2003, 08:40 AM
- - awd4kicks   QUOTE (Super16G @ Apr 7 2003, 10:49 AM)When I...   Apr 7 2003, 05:21 PM
- - Super16G   My stock fans are melted from the Super16G being s...   Apr 7 2003, 08:03 PM
- - krazeerey   this may sound stupid but have you checked to see...   Apr 8 2003, 08:09 AM
- - Super16G   it pulls the air through the radiator   Apr 8 2003, 04:28 PM
- - Super16G   Gutted an old T stat put it in and wired a switch ...   Apr 8 2003, 08:01 PM
- - 90GSX   W.   Apr 8 2003, 10:25 PM
- - 90GSX   Well my dads 95 dakota he used to have kinda did t...   Apr 8 2003, 10:26 PM
- - awd4kicks   Todd, My theory is that when your engine is alrea...   Apr 9 2003, 09:03 PM
- - Super16G   I'll try it tomorrow.The stock reservoir and c...   Apr 9 2003, 10:02 PM
- - Super16G   Pressure test was a big pass. So no leaks or head ...   Apr 10 2003, 03:23 PM
- - Super16G   Cap and stock 190 degree T stat didnt help....Got ...   Apr 10 2003, 05:31 PM
- - awd4kicks   DAMN! I'll keep thinking... BTW-Are you ...   Apr 10 2003, 05:41 PM
- - favre95   To me that only leaves 2 things. Air flow...or wa...   Apr 11 2003, 07:36 AM
- - favre95   or somthing is plugin it up...doubt that though. ...   Apr 11 2003, 07:39 AM
- - favre95   Todd...I got an email back from chris at mitsu...h...   Apr 11 2003, 09:34 AM
- - Super16G   If the water pump was bad it would leak or make no...   Apr 13 2003, 08:57 AM
- - Super16G   The C&R radiator flows 3 more gallons then sto...   Apr 18 2003, 10:36 AM
- - AWD DSM 1   My dad had a heater core clog up on his s-10 this ...   Apr 18 2003, 11:57 AM
- - Super16G   New water pump is on and the problem still exists....   May 4 2003, 12:22 PM
- - KOU In3   I know this is a basic one that you've probabl...   May 4 2003, 10:42 PM
- - Super16G   we did a compression test ....180 on all cylinders   May 7 2003, 06:39 PM
- - Turbo Tension   Shit! What now?!!? Thermostat malfun...   May 7 2003, 07:47 PM
- - Super16G   Retorqued the head to 62ftpnds and it kinda seemed...   May 23 2003, 01:04 PM
- - AWD DSM 1   Are you using ARP head studs? I thought that the ...   May 23 2003, 01:26 PM
- - Super16G   "tiny bubbles......In my coolant system.....D...   May 23 2003, 04:08 PM
- - Super16G   Finally got the Black Bitch apart and it is offici...   Jun 27 2003, 09:54 AM
- - wortdog   Man, that's probably what's wrong with min...   Jun 27 2003, 06:02 PM
- - Booztd 3   super16-- glad you got it figured out. Im still h...   Jun 29 2003, 01:29 AM
- - Super16G   What head gasket did you use?   Jun 30 2003, 10:41 AM
- - awd4kicks   Umm...maybe I'm not remembering this right, (a...   Jun 30 2003, 10:50 AM
- - Super16G   I thought it was 62 - 74?????? Anywho I posted the...   Jun 30 2003, 08:59 PM
- - awd4kicks   Maybe I've had too much crack... I'll hav...   Jul 1 2003, 12:11 PM
- - wortdog   In a thread on Dsmtalk, someone said that ARP reco...   Jul 1 2003, 01:20 PM
- - Super16G   I was referring to the stock torque to yeilds 62...   Jul 1 2003, 01:57 PM
- - wortdog   Yes, that sounds correct. I might try taking my s...   Jul 1 2003, 02:36 PM


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