Hello. I am trying to find someone who knows what is "normal" for a 1984 Camaro Z28 as far as coolant temp goes under highway driving on a hot summer day (by hot, I mean about 30 deg C/ 90 deg F). My car is equipped with metric guages and occassionally sneaks up to about 105 C..which seems pretty darn hot! Your feedback is appreciated! Tracey

 

Hey bro, well, I am very bad with metrics, but I know that in my Z, the stock fan switch didn't turn the fan on till about 220F, which is just plain too damn hot. I switched it out with the 200 unit that goes on at 200F and off at 180F. I would like to even get a better one, but when the first one went out, I just spliced into the wires and rigged up a switch of my own, now I leave it on all the time around town and I turn it to automatic on the freeway where its not needed so much. These cars of ours don't have a big place for air to cool the place, so a better fan switch and lower thermostat is a good idea, if you want the motor to live for a while. These high temps take a lot of time off the block! Hope that helps!

Will

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Thanks for the speedy reply. I was thinking about a manual fan switch too. I'm gonna call a speed shop tomorrow and see what they can offer as I have found the dealership and rad shops around here think the car's temp is fine when I'd like to have it running a lot cooler. I already replaced the thermostat with a 160 F one. Thanks again for your reply. I'll let you know what happens tomorrow. Tracey


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Here's the conversions.
105C = 221F
105c is what's at the centre of my temp guage. After that, it's a short trip to the red zone. Gonna look into that fan switch today.
Tracey

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1984 Camaro Z28
305 c.i. LG4
Rochester Quadrajet 4-barrel carb
5 spd trans.
Accel Superstock wires
Accel dist. cap & rotor
Bosch platinum plugs
K&N air filter
Dynomax Cat
Dynomax Super Turbo muffler
chrome tips
Cooper Cobra 235/60R/15 (fronts)
Cooper Cobra 245/60R/15 (rears)
160F thermostat
...and more to come!

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I forgot to ask you...where did you find that dual snorkel air cleaner? I want one too, but they're rarer than hen's teeth around here!

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1984 Camaro Z28
305 c.i. LG4
Rochester Quadrajet 4-barrel carb
5 spd trans.
Accel Superstock wires
Accel dist. cap & rotor
Bosch platinum plugs
K&N air filter
Dynomax Cat
Dynomax Super Turbo muffler
chrome tips
Cooper Cobra 235/60R/15 (fronts)
Cooper Cobra 245/60R/15 (rears)
160F thermostat
...and more to come!

http://members.rogers.com/copperchick010