Is this noticeable?

[5 Liter Eater]

Is your gauge showing hotter than normal or are you trying to get the gauge down further than it showed stock?

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Bill Winters
Houston, TX
'94 GSR w/ JRSC @ 6 PSI, Cartech FMU, AEM fuel rail and homemade CAI
(ENDYN stepper pully, GS 342 and RC 310's in the garage waiting)

[Holden]

I saw a difference from those mods.

However, the stock gauge is sticky and either reads 1/4 or 2/5. Before the cooling mods it was always at 2/5.

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Greg Holden
96 GSR, JSRC @10psi, All the Goodies!
Best 1/4 ==> 13.556 @ 105.29mph
My JRSC Install Site

[217gsr]

Well, before the cooling mods, it showed 2/5. . . it still shows 2/5, although it seems to rise slower in the mornings. I HOPE that everything is working the way it is supposed to. . .the problem is, I can't get any feedback from my stock gauge. The gauge is definately not showing any hotter than normal though.

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[CivicR]

The stock water temp guage is very un-responsive...your temp would have to go down or up alot to see a real difference on the guage...my suggestion would be to buy a Autometer water temp guage....also you can upgrade the radiator to a Fluidyne or C&R...that will help get your temp down

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John
B18C1 Powered 95 Civic EX Coupe
H22A Powered 92 Civic VX Hatch(In the works)
88 CRX HF(Coming soon)

[217gsr]

Do the fluidyne radiators accept the stock fans (both of them)? Does anyone have a fluidyne or C&R? How do you like them?

I think that with the thermostat and the 20:80 solution + waterwetter, I must be running temperatures atleast 20F cooler. Not even 20F would show up as any difference on the gauge?

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[5 Liter Eater]

I consistantly show 2/5ths as well. When my thermostat stuck open a while back the needle didn't move from all the way cold.

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Bill Winters
Houston, TX
'94 GSR w/ JRSC @ 6 PSI, Cartech FMU, AEM fuel rail and homemade CAI
(ENDYN stepper pully, GS 342 and RC 310's in the garage waiting)

[BlownAway]

Please explain why you are using 80% water. Is this the recommended mix when using water wetter?
Also, I think the Helms may have a resistance vs. temperature for the guage sender - maybe you could just hook up a multimeter to the sender to determine your temperatures.

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[5 Liter Eater]

Water dissipates heat better than antifreeze does. Antifreeze is really only for corrosion protection and to keep water from freezing in the block.


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Bill Winters
Houston, TX
'94 GSR w/ JRSC @ 6 PSI, Cartech FMU, AEM fuel rail and homemade CAI
(ENDYN stepper pully, GS 342 and RC 310's in the garage waiting)

[217gsr]

Most antifreeze brands recommend that you use a minimum of 50% antifreeze. It'll protect the water in your cooling system from freezing over. Boilover protection is usually from a high pressure system (see radiator cap). Water though, can absorb almost 2x the amount of heat that antifreeze can.

Waterwetter suggests that you use atleast 15% in street vehicles. I think that in some RACE-ONLY vehicles, they use only water and waterwetter. This is not recommended for street vehicles. To be on the safe side, I used 20% antifreeze and 80% water. I figure the cooling capacity from this must be much better than the traditional 50/50. Also, I live in sunny Southern Cailfornia, so I don't think it's going to freeze over anytime soon.

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[registry]

You never know! I seen weirder things happen over there.

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