summer heat and engine temps

[doridoridori]

just trying to see if this happens to anyone and maybe if there's anything to combat it. But it's been getting 100+ every day, past 2 days has been 115F and 117F, been driving the car to work but my temps are creeping towards 200-210F im going to assume it's because how hot it is outside. Anyone else have similar issues? i notice when it gets that hot im not even going to bother getting on the car. I have a SR swap, T28 nothing too crazy

[nisileighty]

Clutch fan!

[rawgarage]

clutch fan and oem shroud

[LayNLow]

First and second post, say no more.

[doridoridori]

i have an SR swapped car but it isn't in an s chassis so clutch fan is a no go, doesn't fit

[nisileighty]

Mount the fan on the backside of the clutch. Try the GKTech fan.

[Kingtal0n]

First of all. 200*F isn't that hot. I would say its fairly normal.

But I can see where you are coming from. Having 180*F on tap is nice.

what can we do
-cooling capacity, rad upgrade, larger hoses, run a hose somewhere and back, think about anywhere you can store extra water that moves away from the engine and through the radiator. With a large enough reservoir you could keep the water ambient temp if you wanted. You can get super creative for cheap with this. Ex. take the water line feeding the turbo and send it first through a heat exchanger, maybe a 2qt cooler or something random you can find for $5 using $5 of ebay hoses. If it leaks big deal put it somewhere easy to get to and remove. If it pans out you can spend more for a more long term install. Bottom line is even just 1/2 gallon addl might help. Only down side is water weighs quite a bit per gallon so its kind of a last resort I guess, most would prefer to reduce coolant reserves instead.

-fans, high quality fans. Truly high quality fans. I know for a fact those Altima ~93-97 are cheap and work very well. And fit, barely, an oem size aluminum radiator even in front of an LS. Clutch fan is great of course but its 2018 we should have electrical fans if we are mechanically inclined as it gives more room to work on the engine.

-airflow, make sure at highway speeds there is nothing obviously wrong with the pathlines or streamlines of air, look under modern cars at how they tend to flatten the underside, you should have some kind of cover there and make sure you are running some kind of air control strategy near the front of the vehicle to ensure it goes through the radiator. The clue obviously is a car that stays cool driving under 40mph but heats up as it goes faster.

-Radiator, I try aluminum OEM size first and if I needed upgrade it would be a Griffon (griffen? griffan?) no question

[doridoridori]

not too hot well maybe i am over thinking it. I was always told that close to 220 is too hot. So if its hanging around 200 and im not beating on it id like to do as much as i can with the space i have to keep it cool as possible. I was told also an oil cooler should drop temps anywhere from 5-10 deg. which might be the remedy. I am running an afco radiator with a very good fan/shroud setup with redline WW and distilled water as well

[doridoridori]

Mount the fan on the backside of the clutch. Try the GKTech fan.

care to elaborate? not sure i understand what you mean, it isn't in an s chassis though so i have zero room for a clutch fan

[nisileighty]

Post a pic of your setup

[doridoridori]

Post a pic of your setup

don't have time to to be honest