Thermostat and housing..or just buy a new thermostat and put it in the old housing?
09-16-2004, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ls1_doc
The 98's and up cars thermostats only come in a housing assembly. stant # 14298
My thermostat comes out of the housing with a little twist.
So back to the question. Can I just buy the thermostat?
Where should I go for a 160 thermostat locally?
09-16-2004, 07:03 PM
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I think all LS1 thermostats come with a housing. Now if you are looking at dropping the temperature of your existing thermostat, I believe you can place a spacer (1/8" brass compression fitting IIRC) in there to bring it down. There should be threads describing how to do this.
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09-16-2004, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ROCNDAV
I think all LS1 thermostats come with a housing. Now if you are looking at dropping the temperature of your existing thermostat, I believe you can place a spacer (1/8" brass compression fitting IIRC) in there to bring it down. There should be threads describing how to do this.
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Or do I just go to Thunder or someone and buy the whole damn thing and call it a day?
09-16-2004, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Quickin
I understand the housing thing, but the thermostat comes right out of it easily. Itook the thermostat out of mine to boil it. I was just wondering if I can buy a 160 thermostat to pop into the housing.
Or do I just go to Thunder or someone and buy the whole damn thing and call it a day?
Or do I just go to Thunder or someone and buy the whole damn thing and call it a day?
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09-17-2004, 12:52 PM
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on some of the newer ls1s like 2001-2002 Ive read that you need just the t-stat because the water pump is different. I havent tried it yet but I know you can just replace the t-stat and keep your housing.
09-17-2004, 02:35 PM
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on some of the newer ls1s like 2001-2002 Ive read that you need just the t-stat because the water pump is different. I havent tried it yet but I know you can just replace the t-stat and keep your housing.
09-17-2004, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 01 Red WS6
on some of the newer ls1s like 2001-2002 Ive read that you need just the t-stat because the water pump is different. I havent tried it yet but I know you can just replace the t-stat and keep your housing.
09-17-2004, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 69_YENKO
i paid 40$ for a new in box SLP 160* T-Stat with housing. then i paid almost 10$ for a ****** gallon of "DEX-Cool" anti freeze at wal-mart, man that stuffs expensive.
http://www.slponline.com/browse_list.asp
Thunder is like $46.00
09-17-2004, 06:52 PM
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A friend of mine has a shop (Motion Motor Sports), and an account with SLP, Weld, K&N, MSD, VORTECH, auto meter, borla, NX, Holley, KYB, GMS, wings west, GReddy APEXi, AEM, MOMO, Procharger (sorry i got carried away). so he gets a really good price on things then sells it to my making little to no profit.
A while back i got a new K&N for 40$
A while back i got a new K&N for 40$
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Originally Posted by Quickin
So where do I get just the T-Stat?
I dont remember let me look around for the post. It was a few months ago. A member asked what was up because they had a problem with the t-stat and housing that they got. I remember a shop owner posted and said that they had never had a problem but then a few days later they posted up saying that they did one and found the problem to be the water pump. They fixed it by just replacing the t-stat. Ill search for the thread and bump it if I find it.