hey kbushnz, getting back to the cooling system, Im running a temp probe in the my top radiator hose to a digital display, it got as high as 105(factory gauge didnt move a mm) on a hill in 5th at 110 on 2200rpm, Im really loving my new 30per cent overdrive, as it now cruizes effortlessly on the speed limit at much lower revs
I kept my throttle pretty steady for egts not to climb max was 400 at 12-13 psi and coolant temp still rose up, I was driving with the wind also
intake temp probe also reading max of 60 deg air into the engine at 20psi, hovers around 50-55 deg C, untill I switch ac on which is a water chiller also for the w2a cooler, drops down another 10 degrees, but top hose keep climbing?
on the way home driving into the wind it ran very cool around 80-90, tended to race up the hills at around 120 with same egts hardly even rose, I reckon my viscous hub musnt be pulling any air through the grill when temps are up, like the silicone fluid is burnt out, stopped on at toyota and got some new stuff,we shall see
Im so loving my new engine, specially the way the new mech pump delivers the timing and fuel from takeoff you dont even need to tromp it as the pump does it for you, with a surge of diesel power,
my only drama is the cooling problem, I found a mod to adapt the factory temp gauge to move with the temp of the engine closer, but I soon will be towing a camper trailer 15000klm across australia in a few months, just worrying about the extremely high heat and humidity through the central parts that might be hard going,
my other option is to tune the fuel right back to a super lean condition,a guy at toyota reckened 500 egts was too high for these to run cool, Im still trying to sort my fuel control solenoid(its rather a fiddly little operation) as I want to encorporate a single stage boost controller into it also
happy christmas
