160 degrees Thermostat
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160 degrees Thermostat
I rencently got mail tune for my car that included the fans to start at 160 degrees. After I got the tune done to the PCM, I put in the new 160 degrees thremostat that I bougth from speedinc.com(speedinc brand) After I installed and got the car working I notice that the temperature gauge still reads alittle under 210 degrees, this is the same temperature that I was running before with the stock thermostat. Is there something wrong here? Or maybe I got another stock thermostat? since I refill the whole system with antifreeze do I need to check for air bubbles on the system? Thanks in advance!
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Unless you have a 98 I wouldn't worry about it. For some reason GM decided to make the temp gauges in the 99-02 f-bodys a dummy gauge. 98 is the only year that it was functional for the ls1 cars.
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yea these gauges arent acurate i have a 160 thermo and one of my pod gauges is a water temp, it doesnt matter if that gauge says 160 or 200 the factory gauge stays in the same spot dont worry about it
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When the factory guage reads 210, it could be anywhere from ~170 to ~230. I don't remember the exact temps, but if you watch it as it comes up to operating temp, when it gets to ~170 it will jump to 210. I've watched this on a scanner. If it gets to like 233 it will jump up to the actual temp again. That's when you have problems.
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Before the thermostat is was showing the same temperature that is showing now. the needle is rigth before the 210 degrees mark. I drove the car today about 120 miles and still the same results.. This is frustrairing since I feel that it was a waste of money going with this upgrade.
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I used to have a 160 degrees thermostat in my old T/A it was an LT1 and the needle from the temperature gauge was always at the first quater of the gauge capacity. (between 160 and 180) I saw the results as soon as I installed that thermostat on it. I guess I was expecting to see the same reading in my LS1.
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