Two laps on track used to cause mine to go into overheat mode.
From Phil:
According to my notes:
Overheat mode turns on at 101 C and off at 99 C.
AT OIL TEMP light turns on at 107 C and off at 104C.
I used to run a TC from a 1996 4 cyl Outback - this gave me a stall speed of 3200 rpm which is way too high for my engine
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Now I have the stock JDM SVX TC and the stall speed is roughly 2700 rpm. I wouldn't mind an even lower one :-), maybe 2500 rpm. There's plenty of mid range in my engine with the small turbo and 5-6PSI boost and this is wasted with a high stall converter. Thanks for your offer, though !
I run stock 1996 JDM firmware and the QC from Harvey + power mode switch. Adjusting the TPS to 0.55V this seems to be a very good setup.
I drove bit, tried a few short wot runs but could only reach 189 F at TCU. The gauge was spot on after I let the car idle for a few minutes, but roughly 15 F behind when on the move - I put some pipe insulation on the sensor/plug to prevent air flow from cooling it. I need to think about what you said - attaching the sensor to the valve body and running the wire along the others.
The fan had no effect - I bet the thermostatic bypass is only starting to open the cooler circuit and the cooler itself it plenty efficient even w/o it.
I need to get on a track to get some heat to the tranny. Not possible in traffic w/o loosing my license
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Interesting stuff.
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