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Some progress on the painting parts.
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Reading through this thread for the first time and had to go back and double check it’s wasn’t a 3L with a turbo kit.
how are your temps with the Evans coolant? Mine ran hot no matter what I tried - new radiator, high flow tstat, fan clutch mod, etc. No issues, just higher temps. I ended up replacing wIth Toyota red coolant just because I couldn’t get used to my temp gauge being in the red.
That's weird your engine ran so hot with Evans. Mine definitely runs hotter; but not that hot. Usually can't tell unless I'm towing in summer up big long hills. I'm still a 'believer' though, haha. Anything that keeps the temps more even around the pre-cups is a win IMHO.
I agree - on principal I want to use Evans, and the hottest I saw was 115 C or so, and that’s going up a big hill with the AC blasting on a hot Utah day in August. I just couldn’t stand to watch my temp gauge move like that. Stupid I know.
I figure with the advantage of the 3L head, no turbo, light duty use,etc etc... it was worth my sanity to switch back to conventional.