Running without Thermostat
Originally Posted by 300bhp/ton
Nursie: Ointment. That's what you need when your head's been cut off. That's what I gave your sister Mary when they done her. 'There, there,' I said. 'You'll soon grow an new one.'
King: St Juniper once said; 'By his loins shall ye know him, and by the length of his rod shall he be measured.'
Blackadder: "Something is always wrong, Balders. The fact that I am not a millionaire aristocrat with the sexual capacity of a rutting rhino is a constant niggle.
King: St Juniper once said; 'By his loins shall ye know him, and by the length of his rod shall he be measured.'
Blackadder: "Something is always wrong, Balders. The fact that I am not a millionaire aristocrat with the sexual capacity of a rutting rhino is a constant niggle.
Anyway, I feel like, even with the 160 thermo, the car still runs at around 170-175. LS1's run better when they are hotter. If you are going to get an aftermarket thermostat, get a 180...or just leave the stocker.
Originally Posted by Quickin
You will overheat pretty fast. The coolant needs time in the radiator to cool off before it goes back into the engine (T-Stats job) to carry away more heat. If it continously runs in and out of the engine it'll keep getting hotter and hotter ,specially during city driving when you don't have as much ram air cooling from the front air dam. I did this once with my 1985 Trans Am and IIRC the engine started overheating in about 15 minutes. I shut it off and let it cool down, went home and put the T-Stat back in and it was normal again.
, Thermostat works 2 ways- engine warmup time and radiator cool off time 
