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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2573430)

Oil or water? My oil temps are rock solid, it's the water temps that fluctuate in the summer.

Oil. I don't have a temp gauge yet for water. Gauges are driving me insane right now:icon14:

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Originally Posted by JWillis72 (Post 2573434)

Oil. I don't have a temp gauge yet for water. Gauges are driving me insane right now:icon14:

In the summer in Houston, you'll see the water temps move 2-3 dots if you're stuck in traffic. That's even with an upgraded radiator. The OP is in Israel, so he's got even more heat to deal with.

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2573436)

In the summer in Houston, you'll see the water temps move 2-3 dots if you're stuck in traffic. That's even with an upgraded radiator. The OP is in Israel, so he's got even more heat to deal with.

Good point. Do you use water wetter?

Yep. I need to drain the whole system and use less antifreeze. I'll grab the GTM fans and hopefully vent the hood before next summer.

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2573439)

Yep. I need to drain the whole system and use less antifreeze. I'll grab the GTM fans and hopefully vent the hood before next summer.

We don't get cold enough to freeze here so I run water wetter and water only.

Yeah the worst things about the stillen kit are going to be in order 1. Tune 2. Manifold/intercooler setup 3.intake/MAF sensor piping 4. Restictive offset coupler on supercharger inlet

edit: after that its just that the headunit is to small to hit 650hp on the air hungry vhr

So I can assume you guys have afr gauges and boost gauges?

thanks :)
Bart

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Originally Posted by 1slow370 (Post 2573447)

Yeah the worst things about the stillen kit are going to be in order 1. Tune 2. Manifold/intercooler setup 3.intake/MAF sensor piping 4. Restictive offset coupler on supercharger inlet

Can you explain your 4 in layman's terms? Number 1 is obvious. Could you also go how I would correct this?

thanks :)
Bart

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Originally Posted by Shamrock (Post 2573162)

I want you guys to realize that things here are very expensive (off the charts) because of customs tax.

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There we go. NOW it makes sense brother. If I could get a Stillen kit for half, you're god damn right I would.

Just get an extra oil cooler and keep it as cool as possible

Btw, if you want to get around customs, have the shipper put "Free of charge warranty repair" on the box or "Free repair for customer"
Gotten out of paying tax many times using that method ;-)

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Originally Posted by Shamrock (Post 2573448)

So I can assume you guys have afr gauges and boost gauges?

thanks :)
Bart

I don't but am trying to figure out where to add them.

Living in similar temps as you, I spent about $4300 in cooling alone, not including methanol injection. This included the GTM radiator, shroud and fan upgrade, baffled oil pan, and two 19 row oil coolers with labor factored in.. a methonol injection kit is very optional. You can use it to cool your intake charge as well as tune for some extra power. It's not cheap though and the Stillen kit won't be pushing big numbers like the GTM kits.

Of all the things that is recommended, the radiator is your weak link since you have an oil cooler. We aren't saying you have to buy GTMs, (it's by far the best) but at a minimum, spending $600 for a CSF radiator. is a very good idea.

I have not had the chance to log my water temps, but even with two 19 row oil coolers, my temps have climbed up to 105℃ and that was just driving hard on the street or dyno.

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Originally Posted by JWillis72 (Post 2573458)

I don't but am trying to figure out where to add them.

Mine are on the A-pillar. I didn't feel like ripping out the dash to replace the OEM gauges.

What temperature okay? Does anyone have an AFR or boost gauge

thanks :)
Bart

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079 (Post 2573466)

Mine are on the A-pillar. I didn't feel like ripping out the dash to replace the OEM gauges.

What gauges you got?

thanks :)
Bart

Defi boost and innovate AFR. That's all you "need", but I still want a few more for piece of mind.