what are you using for cooling? What modle Sol is it, and is it auto or manual? If its the manual then you should look into the duel core radiator and see if that can drop the temps down some. What kinda fan are you using? If its a stocker try switching to slim fan that pushes higher cfm. If all this doesnt work then its definently gonna be the head bolts. even the SSautoshit kit your using is a to much even on low boost for stock headstuds

 

Head gasket and bolt issues, my guess as well. Just like he said, when the head is lifting, you are pushing combustion into the water jackets and some of that air is traveling up to the thermostat causing it to close. When your car blows the gasket completely, your car will overheat no matter what. Try this- Turn your heater on full hot and boost the car up til you see the temps rise. Is the hot air coming out of the heater still hot when the temps are rising like that while you are under boost? If the air is cold, then you know coolant has stopped circulating and then you need to replace the head bolts with ARP fasteners and replace the head gasket. Have the head checked for warpage as well.

 

I dont have an ssautocrome kit, I peiced this kit together myself,
its a 97 desl sol si
motor is d16y8
manual

 

might not be a whole kit but that manifold of yours is hallmark ssautoshit

 

could be as simple as a bad cap not holding psi in coolent system the suction valve falls in to the rad and wont hold psi at all.bad water pump or t stat also. a head gasket would smoke out your ex and probly have coolent leaking out ex. rev you engine and watch the coolent hoses if any colaps that could be it.you could try super cool bg adative.or flushing the coolent system.any leaks?

 

That could be it but his temp rises when he hits boost and drops when he's out. I just don't think a bad cap or water pump would be that intermitent.

 

if his head was lifting, he would be getting coolant loss, and a good amount of white smoke out the ass end. What he should be doing is a leak down test.

 

If you're bubbling your coolant when you boost you clearly have a headgasket problem. No amount of new radiators, thermostats, or rad caps will fix this. Do compression test, post the results, and if the numbers are funky you'll need to do a leakdown as well.


I can tell you already that you're 90% likely going to be pulling your head to swap headgasket and head bolts/studs.




PS: Everyone can stop being a jackass in this thread now unless they're fiending for some warning points.

 

true

 

ok so i replaced the t-stat and the pcv valve and the car ran good while it was cold. M cuz and I took the car up to the bar to grab a couple of six packs and when i pulled in the parking lot the car started smoking, so i turned it off. After I came back out and started it up it started smoking again, I went to leave and the car really didnt have any power in the low end pulling out, the car putted up to speed,and was blowing alot of smoke out the exhaust, when I got home I pulled it in the garage and let it run for a little bit, I opened up my hood a couple of mins later and tapped the throdle control. the car stalled out after that and it wouldnt turn back over.

I check my plugs for to see if they were fouled out but they looked fine. there was steam coming out of the hole were the plug was pulled and also out of oil cap, there is some blow by on the oil cap but about a pinhead mont on the dipstick

the car didnt not over heat at all, is it posible that i fried a ring?