Well i got my car dynoed today in the morning and everything went well. Well I went driving around a little while ago and the car feels like real sluggish. I know for sure the car isnt at its peak and the engine coolant is staying very high. While just idling its at like 219-221 and when im driving like 210-214. Im completly stock and Ive never seen the numbers this high and im worried somethings wrong. What could it be?

 

that is normal temps anything over 235 is bad

 

Damn, highest coolant temps I have ever seen on my TC are 210, idk no cels you should be fine

 

x2!! why did you get your car dyno'd if it was stock??

 

Just to see what I was really at horsepower wise because im getting my tune and intake and I want to see the difference. I know its normal for the coolant but is it also normal for the car to be running to sluggish.

 

Let me ask you a question. When you get on it is your traction control on? If it feels sluggish it could be the traction control kicking in so you dont spin your tires. Just an idea!

 

That is a high temp for an ss/tc I normally run around 195-205 in coolant temp don't know what the issue may be though.

 

He is also in texas!

 

Very true but I wouldn't think that would affect cruising temps.

 

That's where I'm at pretty much constantly. Coolant level?

 

Well I took it out for another ride and it seemed to be running okay. I also talked to my brother about how the car felt and he said it could have been because I was hitting boost a lot so my car was really hot causing it to be sluggish. Idk can that be true?

 

could be... with you being in texas and on the stock intercooler, it could be heatsoaking like CRAZY

 

yeah well the temperature is at about 90 so its pretty hot even at night.

 

haha the humidity takes a big part of it too and i kno how humid it is down there so that's not helping matters any either

 

Yeah thats true well im in El Paso and its been raining the pass couple days too so maybe that is what it is so I can stop worrying.

Thanks

 

when its cold out here in cali.. im running between 189-192.. but recently with this 100 degree weather the car has seen 215 after the tune of 22 psi...

but before tune in heat highest i saw was 205...

im guessing texas is way hotter... so id say its normal to see that temp for the coolant...

 

You would guess right. It has been over 100 degrees here for the past 60 days.

 

yea today i sea foamed my car...and it got all the way up to 237...after that i took it for a drive to get some air flowing and temps dropped right away to 217...its fucken hot in cali right now

 

so what were ur dyno numbers?

 

so what were ur dyno numbers?

 

I've been driving around today in 100 degree, muggy weather for the past hour or so. I did a couple of spirited romps and my highest temp was 199. I'm bone-stock, btw.

 

So is the temp thing the only problem or is it actually driving differently?

 

Na its fine now back to 195-205 and I dynoed stock 250 hp and 276 tq on a mustang dyno.

 

Those torque numbers seem a tad high for a stock SS/TC.. Those mustang dynos are known for their slightly inaccurate/high numbers unfortunately.. Is there another speed shop in your area that isn't using a mustang dyno? I'd be curious to compare the dyno sheets..

I know it has nothing to do with your original post, but it's just food for thought seeing as how it came up..

 

Holy cow someone needs to recalibrate that mustang dyno. 270 wtrq 250 whp on a mustang dyno is 290 wtrq 270 whp on a Dynojet.