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Info for C13 owners on overheating update performance

Yahoo Message Number: 17363
I wanted to provide some information for C13 owners who have yet to fully test the performance of the overheating update from CC.

We recently returned from Northern Arizona, Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. Running the 6% grade out of Phoenix at 105 degrees ambient temp, 35-45 MPH (truck traffic limited) observed water temps of no higher than 210 degrees (vs 228-230 last summer).
During 6% grades from 5000-8000 feet in New Mexico and Colorado, 80- 90 degrees ambient temp, 50-55 MPH observed water temps of no higher than 212.

Trans temps rose to no higher than 224-6 on the grades, but up to 236 during mostly stop and go freeway closure for nearly two hours.
I'd prefer to have lower trans temps. But the engine cooling results certainly make me comfortable that this upgrade does the trick.
Ron

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