If you live where it gets below freezing (-20) in the winter months will
you end up with other problems?
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> From: W. Jack Hilton III <hemi@mindspring.com>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: 160 stat versus 180
> Date: Monday, July 20, 1998 12:13 PM
>
> I read some of us ( maybe the majority that switch the stat) are running
a
> 180 degree version , while still others are using a 160 .
>
> I have the R/T CC as some of you know , and I live about a half hour
> southwest of Atlanta .
>
> The temps this time of year (and for about the past week or two) are
> steadily in the upper 90s and sometimes top 100-102 . The humidity is
> usually above 95 percent .
>
> I am wondering which one should I go with ?
>
> What are the advantages of using the 160 over the 180 if any ?
>
> how low is "too" low ?
>
> I know that I read on the list somewhere that someone found that the
> optimal running temp is like 182 or 183 degrees , but would the 160 hurt
it ?
>
> Is there any measureable difference between them ?
>
> P.S.- For those of you that still think that you shouldn't use a lower
stat
> like I used to , on that show "Motortrend Trucks!" the other day , they
> changed the factory stat to a cooler running one in an Impala SS they had
> installed headers , exhaust and pulleys on . They said it was to greatly
> reduce spark-knocking or pinging .
>
>
>
> Jack Hilton
>
> Black '98 R/T Club Cab
>
> http://www.mindspring.com/~hemi/jbd1.html
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