Autocrossers - How Hot is Too Hot?
 

At the last event, my water temp reached 107 degrees C. I got off of the gas, and coasted the rest of the run, thinking that was too hot.
As soon as i pulled in, the temperatures quickly went back down.

So my question is... how hot is too hot?

-hS

turn that heater on full blast and that will help lower your coolant temps

you looked at a temp gauge during a run? :crazy:

you shouldn't be overly concerned until it starts climbing over 115 degC with the OE radiator cap and standard coolant

clyde,
The gauge was beeping, and it killed my focus. I wasn't sure which one was going off until I checked. I'm just glad it wasn't the oil pressure gauge. That would have been a much bigger issue.

TeamRX8,
Thanks for the info... i'll make sure to reset my warning settings.
Are you running water and wetter instead of the regular coolant?

-hS

Im running Engine Ice in mine, did my first tear down to check for any damage from the 14,000 miles of S/C beating plus 24,000 stock miles, no problems what so ever, no corrosion at all and no unusaul wear from heat or anything else. I started using the stuff in my quad and noticed alot less heat radiating of the motor. Since I added it ive never had to add a drop of coolent in either machine. Its kinda of expensive, you can find it a motor cycle shops for $17 a 1/2 gallon.