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Originally posted by 1fast95tour:
a KKM CAI will solve all these problems...  if only i could find one...
what??? kkm makes an open air filter intake that isn't worth the money. CTA makes an intake that helps you go faster. and darrel's one-off street flight CAI helps speed BUT it will not help make the engine cooler. The engine still will run hot it just has cooler air to combust.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
Originally posted by 1fast95tour:
a KKM CAI will solve all these problems... if only i could find one...
what??? kkm makes an open air filter intake that isn't worth the money. CTA makes an intake that helps you go faster. and darrel's one-off street flight CAI helps speed BUT it will not help make the engine cooler. The engine still will run hot it just has cooler air to combust.
True. 
Hector
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Just thought I'd add that my zetec used to always read right up near the A and L until I replaced the thermostat w/ a 180degree one and now the gauge never moves past the R in normal unless I just have the car idleing and it hasn't moved for a long period of time.
BTW this talk about the cooling fans not kicking in soon enough... there could be some truth to that because before the new thermostat went in, I had the car hooked up to the obd-II scanner and the fan would kick in around 210 degrees and now w/ the new stat, the fan kicks in around 195-200 when the car is running and not moving. Not a big difference but obviously enough to make a difference. 
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yeah, my fans don't kick on to last minute. I'll be putting in lower temp thermostat, new WP, and changing coolant again. If that doesn't work, then I'll some of that stuff to coolant , water wetter i think it's called.
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Redline Water Wetter or Royal Purple Purple Ice.
I've used both and they appear to work about the same.
If you really want to cut engine temps, get an oil cooler.
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i noticed that there is a 160 degree thermostat at zxtuner. wouldnt that work even better?
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yeah, but u'd need a custom chip,, and during winter, your engine may not get warm enough which makes it wear out quicker.
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in an earlier post about thesame thing, i read that something went wrong with numerous peoples computers when they switched down to a 180 degree thermostat? is this true?
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no i don't think it is,,, i think u'r thinking of the 160 degree thermostat.
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Originally posted by Kremithefrog:
no i don't think it is,,, i think u'r thinking of the 160 degree thermostat.
That is what I am thinking. IT says specifically on the zxtuner website that the computer will need to be programmed.
Hector
2003 Rally Red Mitsubishi Evolution VIII
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