How do you increase the life of the 4.6 v8?

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Dec 30, 2015 | 11:35 AM

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dgi 07

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Originally Posted by coors

Me! 183.2 is normal operating temp. Spikes to 188.6 at idle then drops back down to 183.2ish. 180 inline stat mod w/ 1/8th hole drilled. The motor has zero issues entering closed loop.

I strongly dislike you right now.
Dragging my feet on ordering the inline mod

Dec 31, 2015 | 05:46 PM

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coors

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Originally Posted by dgi 07

I strongly dislike you right now.
Dragging my feet on ordering the inline mod

"Everyone's doing it". Just do it!

Peer pressure Peer pressure Peer pressure....

Worth mentioning. I added an oil cooler to the 4.6 - plucked from my '01 Parts truck. But I don't feel that contributes much to my normal driving temps. It'll come in handy crawling around in the woods over rocks and abandon cars.

Last edited by coors; Dec 31, 2015 at 05:48 PM.