3406 high coolant temps

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    Need to make up a rig to check for boost leaks.
     
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    What rpm are you running at?
     
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    Couldn’t find any leaks. Does a boost leak drive up coolant temps too? Don’t forget she’ll make 26 psi and seems to have plenty of power
     
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    ~1625 at 60 mph and I down shift around 1400
     
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    That's lower than I'd run a b model. Any kind of long pull I look to be turning 1700 or better.
     
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    Yeah that1625 at 60 mph is just cruising down the road
     
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    A smaller boost leak or two will definitely drive engine temp up and still show same as always pressure. It will drive pyro up to
     
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    Yeah I get that. I'm saying on a hill you know that's going to pull you down,I look to be in a gear that will have the motor turning 1700 or so. I'm running a e model and 1400 is as low as I will go if I'm about to top hill otherwise I grab another gear.
     
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    So generally, if traffic conditions allow I might speed up to hit the bottom of the hill at 1700-1800 in high gear, then down shift when it falls below 1500. With 3.90’s I have the power to pull most hills in direct but on a warm day I will need to go one below direct not for power but to keep the coolant temp down.

    This is the northern Appalachians not the Rockies.....NY, PA, VT, CT
     
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    Sigh. Went to get my boost test rig and there’s a hole where my psi gauge used to be. #### shop monkeys
     
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