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moesvette · 08-26-2004

Hi all, just picked up my first ZR1: Red 1990/tan @ 18000 miles. What an AWESOME CAR! Already stoked, this thing is a blast. I do have one question that I have seen some posts on, but wonder if anyone can give me more specifics. The car runs dead on mid temp. when the AC is on (cooling fans engaged), but when I shut off the AC the fans shut off and the temp climbs dangerously close to shaded area at 240 until the fans kick back on for a short time. Is there something failed here, or is it typical, and if typical, is there a way to get these to kick on sooner?
Thanks for your help.
Mo

Z Factor · 08-28-2004

Hello, and welcome to the forum.

You will find plenty of people who don't feel comfortable with how high their temperature gets with the ZR-1. There are plenty of solutions, but isolating the fan issue for the moment can be as simple as getting a new chip to adjust when the fans come on.

I hope this helps as I must run, and again, welcome.

We Gone · 08-29-2004

Welcome..
just add a switch so you can turn the fans on at will.. they are sold by many of the vendors .

moesvette · 10-05-2004

Thanks for the feedback. I ended up buying a chip from Marc Haibeck, and it completely solved my problem. Man do I love this car! I went by a dealership owned by a friend of mine this past weekend to look at the new C-6. I had a mob around my ZR-1.........huge hit! STILL the KING!

Z Factor · 10-05-2004

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Originally Posted by moesvette

Thanks for the feedback.

I had a mob around my ZR-1.........huge hit! STILL the KING!

Your welcome, and I'm glad to hear she is running cooler now.

Still KOTH, indeed :!:

FASTZR1 · 10-05-2004

My '91 also wanted to run on the hot side. Had the radiator cleaned. They dumped 5 lbs of crap out of it. It has run cool since then. As a bottom feeder, the radiator is constantly subjected to sand, dirt and twinke wrappers.

Good luck.

JohnnyB
FASTZR1

WB9MCW · 11-14-2004

welcome to the zr-1 brotherhood...sorry i have not been at this forum 4 a while!!! I am a jayhawk go ku!! :lol: ps the reason the temp is so high from the factory was to pass emissions!! almost all of us get the performance chip and have the fans come on lower like u did!!!

08-26-2004	#1
moesvette Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 22	Nuther Newbie: Got Questions already! Hi all, just picked up my first ZR1: Red 1990/tan @ 18000 miles. What an AWESOME CAR! Already stoked, this thing is a blast. I do have one question that I have seen some posts on, but wonder if anyone can give me more specifics. The car runs dead on mid temp. when the AC is on (cooling fans engaged), but when I shut off the AC the fans shut off and the temp climbs dangerously close to shaded area at 240 until the fans kick back on for a short time. Is there something failed here, or is it typical, and if typical, is there a way to get these to kick on sooner? Thanks for your help. Mo

08-29-2004	#3
We Gone Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: ATL. GA. Posts: 2,163	Welcome.. just add a switch so you can turn the fans on at will.. they are sold by many of the vendors . __________________ Steve 1990 Steel Blue/Black #2355 1990 Red/Red #1473 1991 Quasar /Black #118 Sold 1991 Turquoise/Black #766 Parted Out 1993 Yellow/White #179 Sold 1990 Black/Gray #1361 Headers/4:10s Sold

10-05-2004	#6
FASTZR1 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 10	Running Hot My '91 also wanted to run on the hot side. Had the radiator cleaned. They dumped 5 lbs of crap out of it. It has run cool since then. As a bottom feeder, the radiator is constantly subjected to sand, dirt and twinke wrappers. Good luck. JohnnyB FASTZR1

11-14-2004	#7
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,607	welcome to the zr-1 brotherhood...sorry i have not been at this forum 4 a while!!! I am a jayhawk go ku!! :lol: ps the reason the temp is so high from the factory was to pass emissions!! almost all of us get the performance chip and have the fans come on lower like u did!!! __________________ http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...9mcw/SIG-2.jpg http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o128/wb9mcw/vcm.gif "The Budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt. People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance." - Cicero, 55 BC " We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." - Abraham Lincoln

08-28-2004	#2
Z Factor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: S. Florida Posts: 2,667	Hello, and welcome to the forum. You will find plenty of people who don't feel comfortable with how high their temperature gets with the ZR-1. There are plenty of solutions, but isolating the fan issue for the moment can be as simple as getting a new chip to adjust when the fans come on. I hope this helps as I must run, and again, welcome.