i bought my car 2 months ago and not long ago i found out that the previous owner put in some lil mods on the car. my lil problem is that my engine temp gauge only shows up to 165-170 degree and sometimes after racing it goes up a lil and i can hear the fans turn on. i have a friend iwht a 97 ss and after driving his car for approx. 20-30 mins his tempature gets up to around 210 and the fans turn on. i cahnged my engine temp sensor and it still goes up to around 165-170. my problem is im not sure if it happens to alot of f bodies and if this is normal or did the previous owner put in a thermostat that opens up at lower temp.

 

Sounds like the previous owner put in a lower temp t-stat. That's one of the first mods most people do. Also sounds like he had the ecm tuned to make the fans come on earlier. Yer friends car sounds like it's stock. The factory t-stat and fan settings allow for the car to run hotter, I believe for emissions and mileage.

 

ya thats wat i was thinking that the thermostat on my car isnt stock, doesnt a lower temp thermostat give more power?

 

my temp is also below 160 during regular driving.. but stuck in traffic or after a race, it gets to around 180 or so... i also took my thermostat out.. it was messing up my car for somereason...

 

I wouldn't call it a problem. If the car is on the hot side of things, then I would call it a problem. If it's on the colder side of things, consider it a plus.

 

ya i was planning on checking the thermostat out and prolly changing it to 160 but i can c i must already have one bc my car does the same thing its around 160 and wen i park it or leave it running it goes up to 180 then goes back down