i just picked up my 87 t2 , and after having a 91 na , i know that on 87's the needle should only go up to about 1/4 of the way. and on the 91 it should be no higher than half. but is this too high ??? im just worried cuz i dont wanna blow her up yet

 

If it's 100 degrees outside, they'll run at about 1/2...

If it's cooler than about 80 or so, 1/4 or less....

 

this was at about 75-80 degrees out

 

On my car, anyways, in which the entire cooling system is less than about a year old, at highway speeds she would read a little less than 1/4 at 75-80 degrees...And that's with the e-fan off...

 

so i should be ok ?i mean im probobly gonna swap out the theromostat and flush the system anyway since i just bought the car and i wanna tune it up and replace what i can so i know that it was done.

the reason i ask is just that it looked a little higher than 1/4 up . thats why i asked

 

mine is at like 1/3 up, scares the crap out of me
im gonna get an aftermarket gauge tho, then i wont have to guess

 

yeah me to ,, this car is gonna be my bad *** little racer . allready addicted to boost and ive only had her less than 24 hours

oops ,, but yeah , pretty much on most of my "toy" vehicles when i start messing with performace i add a water temp gauge. On this one especially on a rotory . im also getting , a volt, ( i have a boost one sitting here next to me) the water water temp, oil temp , egt , and oil pressure . and pretty much what ever other one megan racing sells , heheheh
cool *** gauges