thermostat, supercharger

From: John Casall (jcasall@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Apr 01 1998 - 00:03:21 EST


thanks, I actually dont remember what temp it was. I happened to
notice that the fan does not come on. It was sitting there idling at
about halfway on the gauge, and the fan wouldnt ever come on. I
assume at this ppoint that is the problem It is amazing that it does
not run hotter than this with no fan...
I think somebody claimed the throttle body injector flows 500cfm(?)
how do yall supercharger guys get enough gas? (hehe, Ive got plenty
of gas...)I have a friend who has a mustang with a paxton and is up to
36 pound injectors,... well he is running 15 pounds of boost . Seems
the stock TBI couldn't put out enough gas to keep up with the
supercharger. just curious

Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:49:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Bruce Aaron Hefner <gt9742a@prism.gatech.edu>
Subject: Re: DML: 2.5 hop-up

> one more...gauges every Dodge I have ever driven (every one in my
> family drives a Dodge!!!) runs cold. By that, the temp gauge runs
> way on the cold side. what this means degree wise is another
> question. Recently my Dak runs halfway on the temp gauge. this
> scares me b/c it never ran more than a quarter from cold even in
> summer 100F! I changed the thermostat, and a noticible but small
> improvement. Is this gauge thing intentional by Dodge or is every car
> my family owns a rarity? the only other thing I can think of is the
> timing is off, but it seems if that were true the engine would be
> really cooking not just warm...
>
>
What degree thermostat did you put in? Have an '86 Ram that did like
you
said used to never get off the cold line, then the t'stat went out so I
went to Autozone and got a 180 (Only one they had) after that it started
running at around the halfway mark and above, recently i stopped by Pep
Boys and asked them if they had a 160 degree t'stat for it they did so I
bought it and put it on, now it's back to never getting above the cold
mark again, so might try enquiring about a 160 for your truck, it worked
on the Ram (has a 318 in it like the Daks so I'm sure they have 160's
for
them also).....Worth a try anyway....

Bruce

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