Guest Road mister Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Q 1. Now that summer is at its hottest here in FLA. Avg. 95* in the shade, the Reatta was climbing to a high of 220* while stopped in traffic. A New 180* thermostat brought it down to a 192* regular driving and moderate traffic and high of 203* when stuck at long light or something. What is the Norm? Q 2. I intend to keep the car as factory as possible, however I do feel the Air filter technology has improved since 89", and without endorsing a brand I will be upgrading as I did in my truck, and It made a difference I can feel.I am interested in this Air Box Gutting, Does it help? What about the Sensor?Best Technique?Thanks John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CL_Reatta Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Fist off, yes those temperatures are normal for a reatta, maybe time you might notice it will be one bar from the red. Second, what do you mean by "air-box gutting" there is nothing the the airbox except the air filter, (and BTW, there have been dyno tests on K&N filters that showd no HP improvement) but there is nothing to "gut" out oft he airbox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 a) some run cooler, mime is running 186-188 when stopped suspect he means something like add a K&N, the 88-90 filter is rather restrictive & filter is the only thing in the airbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CL_Reatta Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I really dont think that it is really all THAT restrictive, well not as bad as this at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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