160 Thermostat Too Cold?
160 Thermostat Too Cold? I am going to get a 160 Thermostat so i can get my fans turned down lower. Is 160 too cold or will the ls1 be fine running around that temp. want to be sure before i get one.
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Many different response on this issue. Alot like the 160 and say the 180/185 (forget what it is) is too warm and others like the 185 and say the 160 is too cold. Most guys I see are running the 160. It doesnt mean that your car will be running 160 temperatures but that the stat will open at 160.
I have 160 and i would say Im running anywhere from 180 to 200 off the stock gauge which is kinda inaccurate. If you look at most performance books the suggest 160 and most have the modify your own to a 168, not sure on how to do that. You can do a search youll find a bunch of answers. Good Luck
I have 160 and i would say Im running anywhere from 180 to 200 off the stock gauge which is kinda inaccurate. If you look at most performance books the suggest 160 and most have the modify your own to a 168, not sure on how to do that. You can do a search youll find a bunch of answers. Good Luck
I run a 160, and going off my autometer gauge which has a sender in the head, it runs about 180-185ish in fair weather, and about 185-190 in the summer. On the highway even in the summer it will sit right around 180. I do have the FTRA, so that probably blocks some flow.
The negative is I've taken the car out a few times in recent weeks, where we've had sort of a thaw here in NY, temps in the low-mid 40s, and at highway speeds the car will only run at ~165, which IMHO is a bit low.
The negative is I've taken the car out a few times in recent weeks, where we've had sort of a thaw here in NY, temps in the low-mid 40s, and at highway speeds the car will only run at ~165, which IMHO is a bit low.
160* is fine for summer, but will be too cold in the winter for some people.
You'll need to go into the ECT fueling correction table and the matching timing table and take some or all of the corrections out for your new "normal" operating temp. It will save you on fuel, and be better for the engine.
Theoretically you shouldn't have to do this as the PCM corrects in closed loop, but the reality is that it helps a lot.
You'll need to go into the ECT fueling correction table and the matching timing table and take some or all of the corrections out for your new "normal" operating temp. It will save you on fuel, and be better for the engine.
Theoretically you shouldn't have to do this as the PCM corrects in closed loop, but the reality is that it helps a lot.
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You will never actually run at 160 degrees when warm. I think normal operating temperature when it is about freezing outside at cruise is usually about 169 degrees. During the summer I expect it will actually be about 180 degrees. 169 might be a bit cold, but not that bad.
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Originally Posted by white2001s10
160* is fine for summer, but will be too cold in the winter for some people.
You'll need to go into the ECT fueling correction table and the matching timing table and take some or all of the corrections out for your new "normal" operating temp. It will save you on fuel, and be better for the engine.
Theoretically you shouldn't have to do this as the PCM corrects in closed loop, but the reality is that it helps a lot.
You'll need to go into the ECT fueling correction table and the matching timing table and take some or all of the corrections out for your new "normal" operating temp. It will save you on fuel, and be better for the engine.
Theoretically you shouldn't have to do this as the PCM corrects in closed loop, but the reality is that it helps a lot.
Originally Posted by JimMueller
Can someone elaborate on what specifically needs to be changed in the tables? I've got HPT & a 160 if it matters.
For instance if the fueling correction at 200*F on the table is 1.0
then I put 1.0 in the columns between teh 160* column and the 200* column.
That will eliminate the correction.
If you run much below 160*F, then you may still need some correction, but probably not even half of what is programmed in by the factory.
I had a 160 in my pewter car. In the summer it ran about 182 according to a Tech II. I don't know what it ran in the colder weather though, always seemed fine to me. I'll get a 160 again when the mods start.
im going to miami fl this summer and im still on the stock thermostat....wandering if my car will be alright....BUT i do have a manual switch for my fans...im sure that will help
