I dont know if you guys know but when the v-mount was installed my car was running too cold sometimes all the way down to 68c and that was no good for the car, I could not even boost at all...Finally had some time today to replaced my t-stat which I bought from Ray at malloy...he is a great guy..after the install my car now stays at 84c Thank god...

As I suspected the t-stat was drilled out with an added 6 holes, so it was running like open all the time

I also went ahead and plugged in the datalogit..now all I have to do is learn how to tune..

took out IC



datalogit and t-stat



old t-stat on the car



new and old t-stat



Battle scars...lol..

 

good job....banged up knuckles are alwayas guaranteed when working on the fd engine bay lol

 

Were you trying to solve heat problems with the holes? Took for ever just to halve *** warm up didnt it! lol Thats an old trick in the repair buisness. Not that many holes though.. Usually just one to let the air out. Congrads on the repairs... Now go hit some BOOST!!!!

 

I did not know that those holes where there, I bought the car that way and the previous owner did not know it too..

I just thought that it had that because of the temps of the car

 

Good work.

Having said that, learning to tune on an FD is expensive as hell. The blown motors add up quickly. Steep learning curve, too steep for me to mess with right now. It's the only thing I tab someone else for.....my 2 cents

 

That is what I will probably be doing since I dont want to blow up the car...but I will try to learn while it is being tuned...

 

Just an update...drove the car to work today and it was about 60f and my car now warmed up to 83c and stayed there..no more 74c thank god, now I can boost whenever I want to..

 

Thats a first! Never heard of FDs running too cool!

 

mine does as well. I have removed my complete a/c system (among other things) and have a smic, so my rad is completely exposed. In this cold NJ weather, it takes a long *** time to get my temps up to like 83.