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Originally Posted by 4g63tcrazy
I just switched my thermostat in the red talon to a 180 degree and drilled 3 small holes in it. That made a HUGE difference with my car getting hot.
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Thanks for the tips. But if you search for my thread on here called Drilling Thermostat, you'll see I've been battling this for a couple years now, and the MANY things I've tried. I'm currently on a 160* thermostat, with 2 holes drilled in it. If you've seen my car, you'll notice I have a hood vent. I went to the extreme of cutting a deng hole in my hood because I started running out of ideas.
Quick run down of things I've tried
- a million different mixtures of coolant, water, dish soap, water wetter.
- 160 thermostat, drilled
- higher pressure rad cap
- burping system a million times.
- air scoop under the car
- aluminum radiator
- fans always on
- hood vent
- ceramic coating manifold and turbine housing
- heat wrapping manifold and turbine housing
- pressure tested the cooling system 2 times to verify no leaks
- researched and bought the best design water pump
Well considering I still have my A/C condensor, and I've started to realise that I started having these issues as soon as I got that VPE FMIC, I have good reason to believe it is simply blocking too much air for me since I still have a AV condensor. So this is just one more thing I'm trying in my never ending quest to fix this issue. And I think this will fix it.
Also, I have the ETS FMIC mounted and everything back together.! But ghetto style
had to use a bunch of zip ties because they place their mounting ears in a spot that isn't too friendly if you have the pop-ups, and still have AC. I'm going to see what they recommend. If I get no where with them, I'll have to just come up with something on my own.