385 lt1 running a little warm..

[Caveman]

My 385 lt1 is running a little warm...like 190ish. She's forged internals @ 12:1 comp (unless my math sucks). I was worried my compression was a little high so I normaly run a mix of blue and 93. I've dumped my heatercore and the oil cooler/tb cooler if that's got anything to with it. I'm also running the orange dexcool coolant. Is 190 even bad or am I just being a worry wart with the motor being new? Since I removed all the other systems the coolant normally travels through maybe it can't cool fast enough and I should drain a little and bump up my water content to thin it out allowing it to cool a little faster?

[ThreeHonks]

thats fine

[1bad83ta]

Yeah like Ryan said that is fine. A little warm would be like 230° 260°

[my95z28]

Yep, that is perfectly fine, especially if its sitting there idling. Drive it out on the road where there is air blowing through the radiator and it will be even lower

[c0ncEpT]

Don't stock LT1's run at like 200-210?

I know LS1's do.

[98blackbeauty]

depends on thermostate, I put a 160 in Brians car and I have a 160* in my bird both run consistantly at 160-170*. However not running high compression. What therm. do you have in the motor?

[JoeliusZ28]

my car runs at about 180. Remember strokers run a little warmer and yours probably isnt quite broken in yet which means it could run a little warmer from that too. Id say you have nothing to worry about..

[ThreeHonks]

depends on thermostate, I put a 160 in Brians car and I have a 160* in my bird both run consistantly at 160-170*. However not running high compression. What therm. do you have in the motor?

where are you getting this reading from? I highly doubt that it is running at 160-170*, you must be reading it off the POS gauge in the car. That is much too cold

[Caveman]

I have a 180* therm. Ok good...I was getting worried, I just remember my car running much cooler before I eliminaled all the other coolers is all

[my95z28]

Don't stock LT1's run at like 200-210?

I know LS1's do.

Negative, all the LT1s that I have seen/driven run just above 180* when the car is moving >5mph. If they sit in traffic on a hot day it will get up to 210* though

[Lucky SOB]

so you finished the build huh? Any pictures of the final product?

[c0ncEpT]

Negative, all the LT1s that I have seen/driven run just above 180* when the car is moving >5mph. If they sit in traffic on a hot day it will get up to 210* though

I'm sure you're right. I try and stay away from LT1's

[Caveman]

so you finished the build huh? Any pictures of the final product?

I kinda finished it...she's can be driven if that counts as being done? never gonna be done it feels like..got a couple larger kinks I'm trying to work out.. ill try to get some newer pix posted to my project thread tomorrow, I've been busy lately and now I'm at work

[JoeliusZ28]

I'm sure you're right. I try and stay away from LT1's

thats because the only ones left running around these days are making pretty decent power

[nascarnate326]

thats because the only ones left running around these days are making pretty decent power

i have a lt1 so ill thanks that