quote:Originally posted by Keithstoy:
Hi, I just need some opions on #1447. I think I am ready for Vegas except about the engine, I think it might be running warm. I have a rebuilt stock radiator with two 800 cfm pusher fans, (brand new). I drive the car to max temp (approx 30 miles), and the gauge reads 220 degrees and never goes up from they're. I can grab any of the hoses and squeeze them and hold them for about 4-5 seconds before I have to let go! Should I get a digital gauge on it(have to buy one first)to check correct temp of engine? Or not worry about it?
A hand held digital temperature gun is the way to go to find out what your engine cooling system is doing. Let it get warmed up, then shoot the thermostat outlet pipe and the radiator outlet line. This will tell you what your radiator and engine is doing.
From what you are saying about the hose, I don't think that you are running at 220 degrees. Stock Pantera gauges are known for not reading the correct temperature and oil pressure. The question of why there is not a Veglia sending unit to match the oil pressure and temperature gauge never made any sense to me and I have yet to hear an answer to that question since I bought my Pantera in 1977.