hey, i was wondering where the guage on the coupe should sit, constant highway driving has the needle just a shade to the cold side of the half way line, and absolute thrashing sends the
guage needle a shade just over the half way mark, is this ok? my radiator fins are not in the best of condition, should i get it re-cored? as i said it goes up past the half way mark by
about 1.5mm, and as i am beginning to open the heater by this stage, i dont know how much further it would go, yeah, flip ive confused myself now...
basicly, what is the acceptable temperature range for a coupe, and is it worh getting my radiator (standard) recored, or should i get another one from another car, if so, which other car,
man, i hope someone can make sense of this, yeah, its coming into summer, and i drive 200 kays each way to see my girlfriend most weekends, so im kinda getting on it before it gets to a
problem.
sorry this is so long. man im tired, oh yeah, just of note, the datto has done 1400mls(2400kms) in the last 17 days, good effort eh.
chers. chris.

Sounds OK Chris - as long as your 28 year old temp gauge is still peaking. Check your thermostat and start saving for a recore or a replacement in good nick. I've never run
one but apparently the C20 cooler is a goer(?) Alternatively have Nana knit some new fins for you.

What really concerns me is why your girlfriend moved 200 k's away? You're not the famous Datto stalker of Palmy North are you?

yeah, sweet!
my thermostat is sweet, it was new before the winter and the coolant is fine. i might wander out in a moment and get a price for a re-core, and also have a look at what i can get secondhand
from a wreckers.
nah, she has always lived in palmy, she is a real cool person, and a full on good looker too, so i dont mind the trip over, its a bit of fun winding the datto up on the takapu plains too.
yeah, i would ask nana to knit me another core, but now the spark plug booties are almost finished, she is gonna knit a cosey for the rocker cover, that will intergrate the master cylinder
and the wiper motor.
cher bol, too much, i will look into the C20 idea.
choice from chris.
just of note, seen as you reminded me, i saw a coupe, the same colour as mine donw in palmerston, it was in a workshop, must be getting hi-po parts fitted, no other reason for it to be
there... anyways, apart from the thousands of coups i see in shop windows everywhere, that was only the third i have seen the same colour as mine. pretty choice eh. im hoping i might see it
round next time im over. oh yeah, and if the person who owns it reads this my rego's GT96. sweet!

Mine is a whole lot worse.. It varies between the halfway point, where the engine is nice and happy. And in hard driving around town, it'll go up to about where your saying yours goes, at
which point the engine will diesel a bit when I shut it off, and the engine will ping when I get hard on the gas. But when I take the thing out on the freeway, at 60mph it'll stay at the
halfway point, at 70 it'll go up about 3/4 way up, and at 80-85 it gets scarily high. I haven't replaced my thermostat yet, so that may be the problem.. And also, my fluid is a bit
dirty.. So I'm going to replace that..

woah, thats pretty high! pushing really hard with the engine at 5500-6000 rpm mine will sit all day at the just over half way mark it doesnt even go that high unless its a really
hot day, i might wire up an electronic temperature guage and note the actuall degrees, i might be worrying about nothing, like a nana.
thanks man