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Old Jun 20, 2012 | 09:26 AM
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I hate Celsius and KPH..but measurements are fine! MM for the win
 
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Old Jun 20, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by lghtngblt02
You guys an that Celsius crap
It's easy! Water boils at 100C, freezes at 0C, -40 is the same for C and F, which is where your ***** freeze!

Backatcha!
 
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Old Jun 20, 2012 | 09:37 PM
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For $1,000 you can have one mother of a custom rad built in a day!
Its 2.5" thick, 22" wide and 6" taller that stock.
I had to move my intercooler (again) out 2" and drop the lower rad support 6".
Hey, Northgator8 we will be through Ottawa next week.
Someone said Gabriell's Pizza was the place to eat?




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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 02:11 AM
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That should keep her cool. Lets see some pics when you have a chance. With the time and effort you have in that truck it's worth $1000 for a custom rad.
 
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Old Jun 21, 2012 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by EVguy
Hey, Northgator8 we will be through Ottawa next week.
Someone said Gabriell's Pizza was the place to eat?

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Sadly, I will be in Spain!

It depends on what you want to eat! Gabriel's Pizza is good, as is Colonade Pizza.

Burgers? Hintonburger on Wellington street west is THEEEE best (same street as parliament buildings, but street stops and starts again).

Are you staying for Canada Day on The Hill? Every Canadian should do that once. One of the few times/places we show any real patiotism.

Going to be cooler next week, and wet, so don't plan on sunbathing LOL

Have a great trip!
 
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 10:37 AM
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Towed for 6hr yesterday across Saskatchewan and Manitoba and it never got over 185 degrees.
I think the overheating issue has been solved.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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That is great news. I can't remember, what is there in the Cummins for a cooling fan?
 
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by sleds
That is great news. I can't remember, what is there in the Cummins for a cooling fan?
I dumped the giant Cummins belt driven fan for the Black Max Extreme electric one.
It was a perfect fit on the Dakota rad and still covers 2/3 of the new rad.
 
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Old Jul 2, 2012 | 08:36 PM
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Well almost fixed the overheating.
In the real warm weather and on some long hills it would start to get over 190.
The rad shop guy did say that the front of the Dakota had terrible air flow with the big bumper restricting a bunch of air flow even with my 6" lower rad.
I took his advice and stopped in at a hardware store , bought a small hand saw and hacked the lower center part out of the bumper.
That has made a difference with no more hills over 185 degrees.
The bumper had been damaged before I got the truck and was on my hit list for a future metalwork project. This just moved it farther up the list.
Checking out Old Quebec city tomorrow and then on to the Atlantic provinces.
 
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 12:25 AM
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190 is awesome. My truck runs about 185 empty with the 180 stat in there. I pulled my trailer home on Sunday and was running up to 230 with the heat on in the truck and windows rolled down and right around 30*c, or 86*F outside. That shows about 3/4 on the temp gauge. That's only pulling an fairly mild hill.
 
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