xj88superjeep
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- NJ
The first three months I owned my 88, I spent a lot of time on the cooling system. I kept the closed system intact, and replaced almost all of it with new parts. My goal was to keep temps below 210 at all times! I actually wanted to run at 200* at all times if I could pull it off. I upgraded to a heavy duty fan clutch, but I did leave the 195* T-stat in place. (I was tempted to swap in a 180 but decided against it) Well, I DID succeed at keeping everything below 210 for the summer, and now that it is getting cold outside (35 degrees today here in Jersey) I have gotten my wish to run a constant 200*. Here's the rub... Now my heater is so inefficient I will be at the parts counter soon to pick up a higher temp T-stat for the winter. Moral of the story is be careful what you wish for! LOL I may try blocking part of the rad first. Anyone else do that to get better heat? Does it work? I don't think 200 degrees is perfect any more, I think 210 is the magic number as long as you can hold it from going OVER 210. (at least in the closed systems where anything over 210 makes your bottle crack prematurely.)