Coolant & Oil temperatures

[RETed]

Originally Posted by rotar bones

I wanted to be preemptive in my cooling and have it come on 10 degrees before stock settings.

Why?

Your engine is designed to work most efficiently at a certain temperature RANGE.
If you're trying to run it too cold, you're just wasting fuel and possibly causing premature engine wear - hell, why would you care cause you advocate shutting the engine off after revving it up to 3k+ RPMS!

Unless you're having overheating issues - are you? - there's no reason to be changing anything, including the radiator.
A larger radiator does nothing if your previous radiator worked fine.
If your previous radiator worked fine, then upgrading to a larger radiator just causes the thermostat to possibly work harder and possibly fail prematurely.


-Ted