Originally Posted by sam wyatt
Me and my mate fitted our act gauges today. Mine a 200bhp s2 with bigger ic and my mates a 175bhp van with standard ic and here are our temps.
First run the van...
Idle 22'c
around town (not using turbo) between 23'c and 28'c
Booting it down dual carrageways on 18psi 40'c - 55'c
My car...
Idle 17'c
Around town (not using turbo) between 19'c and 26'c
Booting down dual carrageways on 14psi 35'c - 50'c
Are these average temps ? I dont have a clue what good temps or bad temps are ??!!
Cheers
Sam
Hi Sam,
What was the ambient temperature the day you did the tests?, this is important. It’s starting to get colder now, so your air temps are going to be lower than if you'd done the same tests in the summer.