ToxicWS6

was looking at getting the 160 degree thermostat and was wondering if any one ran no thermostat and if u can do that in these cars and be good?

RPM WS6

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You would see no benefit by using no t-stat at all.

Personally, I don't care for the 160°F units either in most cases. The stock 187°F or an aftermarket 180°F would be the best choice for most applications (with revised fan settings).

gyrene2003

i got one a long time ago, but in the end, through advice and learning about our cars, it ended up being tuned to right around 180 degerees. Unless ur heavily modded and really need the extra cooling power, i wouldnt waste ur money man.

Z Fury

iTrader: (1)

Agreed. There was a pretty heated debate over the 160°F vs. stock awhile back. Do a search and you'll probably find it. It eventually got locked, but there was a lot of good information in it.

jimmyblue

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I went back to the stocker, after putting in a better radiator.
The thermostat does nothing for controlling the max coolant
temp and all you get is a wider swing in operating temperature,
to try and tune against. Fans and a decent rad will solve your
high temperature problems, 'stat will not.

FireTA98

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I have the 180 n never had a problem. N I have a nice head n cam combo with some of the gas.

ToxicWS6

not really in bad temp at all, sits right at 210-215 ish but if i could get it to sit at like 180ish is what i was thinkin i could try to do but

Seit

I have a 160 stat ....
no problem on the track or daily driving with heavy heat of the city

180 and 160--- both are good, if you have the following
Distilled water dexcool
Flush cooling system
Engine oil viscosity with good
Clean radiator

RPM WS6

iTrader: (3)

1) When you say 210-215, is that with a scanner or the stock gage? If it's the stock gage, it's not really at the temp you think. The '99-'02 cars will show ~210 for any temps between about 190 to 230.

2) Do you have forced induction of some sort, or much higher compression than stock? If not, keeping temps at 180 wouldn't be of any benefit. A stock compression, NA LS1 will run it's best in the 190-205 range.

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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LS1s seem to like it a little warmer than other SBCs. id stay with a stock Tstat.

RPM WS6

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My Gen I SBC runs it's best between 190-205 as well.

In general, you want a nice hot combustion chamber with a cool air intake charge. It's hard to keep the intake charge cold while keeping the heads hot, but N2O will cure that.

WS6SP33D

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agree with ultimate stacy with stock t stat

sjsingle1

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luv my 160........not a single problem

randytj

iTrader: (1)

What temp is the stock thermostat?

71novaguy

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Agreed on keeping the factory temp range. lots of people dont understand the benefit of a nice warm combustion chamber. too many tales out there of how a colder t-stat made all the difference. I would venture to say you would never see it

blk/slvr02ss

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The Stock one is 187.

ToxicWS6

ight probably wont worry about it then, car seems to pull harder when its warmed up but not at 210 yet, like 160-180ish so, and yea its all read off the gauge in the car