I agree, I live in the Boston MA. area and it's been pretty friggin cold
lately! Haven't noticed any problem with my 6er warming up with the 180
thermo................??
"psychonaut"
Chad Clifton wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the concept behind a 180° thermostat causing a
> truck to warm up slower than one with a 195° thermostat. It is my
> understanding, that the thermostat stays closed until the stat
> temperature is reached, such as 195° or 180°. Would not 180° be warm? I
> have a 180° thermostat and can tell no difference in warm up time. Sure,
> the needle isn't up quite as high, but it's up just as high as it was
> during any other month when it just reached 'warmed up' status. The
> heater gets nice and toasty in no time. Now, granted, I do live in North
> Georgia, but it still gets pretty cold down here. Was about 19°F out
> when I started her up a few days ago. Warmed up fine. Started up fine.
> Damn good truck. :)
>
> Chad Clifton
> mcc@negia.net
> '95 DSCC 5sp v6, mobil 1 fully synthetic, champion truck plugs,
> removed front air blocker at grill, dynomax race mag muffler,
> super high flow cat, K&N drop-in, etc..
>
> "mike d." wrote:
> >
> > >>I have replaced the thermostat with a 180° <<<
> >
> > that's your problem =)
> >
> > on a stock 6er, the factory 195 is all you need... the 180 will help in
> > the summer, but it'll really hurt ya' in the cold...
> > I have a stock 195 with a JET II and many mods and I run nice and cool
> > and don't ping...
> >
> > -mike d.
> >
> > ---> Yorktown, Va.
> > 88 LE slammed, painted, and PARKED =(
> >
> > miggitymike@juno.com
> > http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html
> >
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