Twincam running temperature ?;

greenstaz82 · Post by **greenstaz82** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:32 am

just got my twincam going and seems to be running a little hot , ive got the vr4 gauge sensor wired to the factory gauge and it reads just over half way , ive gone out and brought a aftermarket one so i can get a much clearer indication . Wat sort of temperature do they usually run happy at ?

MR Bender · Post by **MR Bender** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:54 am

both mine run at around 80 c
but thats the microtech hand controller reading.
i have yet to hook up to the dash gauge the sensor is there but i haved wired it up (as i am lazy) :D

but saying that i dont know what temperature a stock vr4 runs?

if that helps you??

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:49 pm

probably a difference in the vr4 and starion sender...

S0LJAH · Post by **S0LJAH** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 8:00 am

yea mine runs around 80 degc on a aftermarket gauge

theres very little chance the vr4 sender will work accurately with the starion gauge

RiceThief · Post by **RiceThief** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:00 pm

couldnt you use the starion sender inside the vr4 manifold?

MR Bender · Post by **MR Bender** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:54 pm

RiceThief wrote:couldnt you use the starion sender inside the vr4 manifold?

yes that will work!

greenstaz82 · Post by **greenstaz82** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:29 pm

yeah ive got mine wired to a vr4 sender , a mate of mine measured it with a multi meter and there is a difference . so around 80 deg ,. ive got an 82 thermostat in it at the moment , what do u guys run ?

MR Bender · Post by **MR Bender** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:49 pm

i dont have any thermostat !
i dont use them!

S0LJAH · Post by **S0LJAH** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:04 pm

i just trun the stock replacement one from repco

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:12 pm

MR Bender wrote:i dont have any thermostat !
i dont use them!

MR Bender · Post by **MR Bender** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:07 pm

redzone wrote:
MR Bender wrote:i dont have any thermostat !
i dont use them!

its true

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:55 pm

naughty naughty boy.... you'll be wearing your engine out quicker! :o

MR Bender · Post by **MR Bender** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:30 am

redzone wrote:naughty naughty boy.... you'll be wearing your engine out quicker! :o

can you explain why we need them?

iXNAY · Post by **iXNAY** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:49 am

is it that on more short distance trips the car will never heat up to the correct operating temperature?!

S0LJAH · Post by **S0LJAH** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 12:34 pm

iXNAY wrote:is it that on more short distance trips the car will never heat up to the correct operating temperature?!

yea the water is always circulating so it doesnt have time to sit in the block to actually warm up before being released into the rad

some track cars run no thermostat as they get warmed up and then the shit thrashed out of them non stop till the end of the race

on a road car i think it does more harm than good
if you cant keep your car cool with a thermostat in it then your cooling system is inadequite

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