Yeah, I did check the thermostat before I installed it to make sure it worked. The cap pressure...i'm not sure, i need to check that. the manifolds I have on are the ram air long branch ones.
I got an IR gun & just finished starting the car & here's the readings I got. I let the engine idle to 190, watched the gauge drop to below 180 when the tstat opened, then gave it steady throttle at 3000 rpm to bring the temp up, it got to 210 & I let the engine idle & the engine kept climbing & that's when I took these temps:
top of the radiator by the hose: 236 degrees. bottom of the radiator by the hose: 200 degrees. temp at the stop [censored]: 122 degrees. temp at the top middle of the radiator: 220 degrees, bottom middle of the radiator: 150 degrees. hose inlet on the intake: 230 degrees. at the water pump where the rad hose attatches: 185 degrees. heads: 242 degrees. block: 224 degrees. water pump temp: 224 degrees. intake manifold fuel runners: 194 degrees, inbetween fuel runners: 245 degrees.
That's all the reading I got. I shut it down & anti-freeze poured out of the overflow tube & you can hear the coolant bubbling. thoughts on the readings?
