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Mulletbird · 05-16-2010, 11:02 PM

More fixes:

new radiator cap (installed last night @ 9pm) to fix coolant seeping around the old cap.
replaced the contacts in the fuse box for the relays

fans are coming on fine now, although hotter'n I'd like (mostly b/c I want this HG to last another 2-3 years, minimum). Gonna follow the advice of others, and start with a manual switch ... 99% of the time, I know before it creeps past 210 that it's gonna be running hot, so should be able to manually keep it where I'd like it (180-210 op. temp).

Elbow (intake) is shot, and it looks like the throttle body could use a good ol' fashioned cleaning, so I'll take care of both of those early this week (as soon as I can get a new elbow... might as well do both at once). Should get some more HP that way too, and one of the cheapest HP mods I'll do yet, I hope, in terms of effort exerted vs power gained. Should be a 14-second car after this FOR SURE.

05-16-2010, 11:02 PM	#17
Mulletbird Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Fairview/PC hollar, WV Posts: 240 iTrader: (0)	More fixes: new radiator cap (installed last night @ 9pm) to fix coolant seeping around the old cap. replaced the contacts in the fuse box for the relays fans are coming on fine now, although hotter'n I'd like (mostly b/c I want this HG to last another 2-3 years, minimum). Gonna follow the advice of others, and start with a manual switch ... 99% of the time, I know before it creeps past 210 that it's gonna be running hot, so should be able to manually keep it where I'd like it (180-210 op. temp). Elbow (intake) is shot, and it looks like the throttle body could use a good ol' fashioned cleaning, so I'll take care of both of those early this week (as soon as I can get a new elbow... might as well do both at once). Should get some more HP that way too, and one of the cheapest HP mods I'll do yet, I hope, in terms of effort exerted vs power gained. Should be a 14-second car after this FOR SURE. __________________ 2002 Toyota Tundra company truck 2013 Oreion ATV company atv 1995 Pontiac Trans Am (W.I.P.) 2007 Mazda3s