without removing the thermostat?..i was thinking of cleaning the radiator..i want the temp to be atleast 150deg. anyone know how to lower the temperature?

 

drive with heater full blast

 

Why would you want to lower the temperature? Your car was designed and built to run properly at a specific temperature.

 

^^^ X2

 

colder air=more air intake

 

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He's asking about coolant temperatures, not intake temperatures.

 

oh.haha

 

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the cooler the engine, the better the response it will give

my compression is about 11.5:1 or close to it, maybe higher.

read this thread

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1815380

 

you can go to your local autoparts store and get an additive to put in the coolant, there are usually a couple different kinds but Royal Purple Purple Ice is pretty damn good as well as Design Engineering Radiator Relief . Royal Purple will reduce temperatures from 5-10% whereas the DEI product will drop the temp up to 30 degrees. Search the internet for both, or go to your local parts store.

 

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dude, wow, hope it will be effective..thanks for the info

 

your welcome..but the best thing to do is to change out the t-stat....although it is relatively low temp to begin with as it opens at 180 degrees...most cars are 192 degrees....BUT you can buy a t-stat that will open at 160 that will be more than adequate for wha you are looking for PLUS by changing it out you you can also flush out your system and remove any scale build up, etc

 

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i just flushed the coolant of both the radiator and motor, and filled it with 50/50

and just replaced a thermostate last week, i bought a low temp one from auto-zone...where can i get that thermostate you said that opens at 160deg.?

 

autozone sells them, you have to ask tho otherwise they will just give you the OEM temp..

 

all they had were

low temp
mid temp
and high temp

and just went for the low temp, and it was a duralast??..i think..

 

yea, i managed an autozone for 5 years....the low temp one you got should technically then already be a 160 degree t-stat....how are things running/performing as of right now?

 

u can get a thermostat that opens at 160 instead of the factory 190, but if u get that, u have to get a fan switch that also opens at 160. Mugen and spoon makes those i believe

 

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well, i have tried every sigle thing to lower the temp, nothing seems to work so far, i even wired the fan direct so it can be on all the time, damn thing still reaches close to half....i have yet to figure out how to lower it....the performance has never been the same when i changed the radiator...i remember when the needle never passed the quarter mark...but now it is about 40% now....hhmm so yeah

 

when you get the chance pick up either the royal purple purple ice or the dei stuff we talked about before...i think you will be pleasantly surprised

 

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i was guessing if they acctually had a fan switch that opened up earlier...i replaced the fan switch also because the previous one was damaged, so i guess the one i had before was from honda..maybe!!

but the fan will turn on at the temp at about 40%, before it were to turn on at 25% maybe 30%..

i just want my temp to lower...my car felt much much better before, now it starts pinging and had to retard the timing even more...so im stuck

 

full blast heater or pull thermostat out.

 

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will do...how much can i get it for?...and is it in a bottle?

 

they come in bottles..when i ordered them over a year ago they were roughly 20 bucks each for the larger bottles and 15 bucks for the smaller...get the larger ones

 

ok cool...thanks man...im still looking for someone that actually HAS or have had ther temp where im talking about

im going to post up a picture in about 5 minutes

 

&lt;

white shows where it is...

red shows where it used to be...

i really just kinda want an answer why the temp went up..kinda worried you know

so this is a link where this one guy actually knows what im talking about...and this picture i got from there, hope the guy doesn't mind

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1495848

well ok then, thanks all for your help....and im trying that royal purple stuff tomorrow

 

[QUOTE=VTteg]Why would you want to lower the temperature? Your car was designed and built to run properly at a specific temperature.

I agree. modern cars run best at hotter temps to promote complete combustion. not hot to the point if over heating.180 -210 is ideal.