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Originally Posted by Kingtal0n
Clean install. Now take it on the highway, and push it hard non stop for 50 miles on the highway. the temp gauge will rise unless the airflow ducting under the vehicle is proper. simple. a rising temp gauge does not mean overheating. my car never overheated and it still has not by definition over heated. for all we know the temp gauge is reading high. It doesnt even have an actual water temp gauge- its a redtop in an S14 from 95, maybe the resistor is picking up 190*F as "hot". And yet, everybody is soooo sure thats trash, its got a warped head, etc...
nobody in this thread has even seen the car in question, nor knows anything about it and yet they are so quick to judge. everything about the engine in every respect is perfect oem stuff. Like I said already: 4 years of every day driving and 20 or 30 clean proper swaps later. I offered to get a video of the gauge on the highway and under what conditions it moves- owner refused. what more can I do? You tell me?
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im not saying your work is crap at all.. from what you posted you do some clean swaps. (thanks for the compliment by the way on my bay) but ive pushed my sr pretty hard and it didn't overheat at all so maybe the temp gauge is broken who knows...do you have pics of the car sold? better yet the engine bay of the car sold? I drove my sr pretty hard at first and then settled down a bit and the only thing that happened was the oem clutch taking a crap (typical for a 20 year old motor thats been sitting) and the turbo seizing up on me which i rebuilt and then never had a problem after...so im not thinking its a redtop thing... i mean the t25 has its limits, its not exactly the biggest or best turbo around but they aren't shit either which is what it seems like your pointing to. i daily drove my sr for about 10 months with freeway driving on long distances and yes id hit 85 in 5th for extended periods of time and never ran into issues.