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Offline mrcuda

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radiator cap pressure
« on: February 25, 2007 - 11:46:13 PM »
What is the best radiator cap pressure  to use for a street car?




Offline GoodysGotaCuda

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Re: radiator cap pressure
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2007 - 02:35:15 AM »
Probably 16lb should work fine for most of us.  :2cents:
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Offline mrcuda

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Re: radiator cap pressure
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2007 - 06:47:20 AM »
Is there a benefit to using lower pressure caps? What would happen if you used higher pressure caps(I was told that they should only be used for racing)?

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Re: radiator cap pressure
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2007 - 06:50:07 AM »
the higher the pressure the more temp is needed to boil or turn the coolant to vapor , any time you get boiling in the heads the effectivness of the cooling drops dramatically

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Offline GoodysGotaCuda

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Re: radiator cap pressure
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2007 - 11:00:58 AM »
each 1lb you go higher you raise the boiling point 3degrees.
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