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Re: Which Thermostat?
[Re: DartGTDan]
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03/27/12 09:29 PM
03/27/12 09:29 PM
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RapidRobert
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195. Check your choice suspended in a pot of heated water
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Re: Which Thermostat?
[Re: DARTH V8Я]
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03/27/12 09:47 PM
03/27/12 09:47 PM
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roe
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I have a 180 on mine now. It lets me keep my temps right around 185-195ish. I see on here a lot that guys dont want their motors to run too warm but a small little observation of mine is that these motors seem to run just fine even at around 210-215 or so. I have the stock dummy guage and and aftermarket temp guage hooked up. When my guage is reading 190, its barely registering as warm on the stock guage. When it used to read about 210, it was sitting smack dab in the middle of the stock guage, and the motor ran just fine. I think too many people worry about a 200-210 temp for no reason. If my temps were to run around 200-210 and held steady, I wouldnt worry about now that I've seem my motor run fine at that temp. Thats my , for whatever thats worth. roe
Last edited by roe; 03/27/12 09:49 PM.
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Re: Which Thermostat?
[Re: roe]
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03/27/12 10:27 PM
03/27/12 10:27 PM
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Posts: 25,200 Upper Midwest
MoparforLife
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Quote:
I have a 180 on mine now. It lets me keep my temps right around 185-195ish. I see on here a lot that guys dont want their motors to run too warm but a small little observation of mine is that these motors seem to run just fine even at around 210-215 or so. I have the stock dummy guage and and aftermarket temp guage hooked up. When my guage is reading 190, its barely registering as warm on the stock guage. When it used to read about 210, it was sitting smack dab in the middle of the stock guage, and the motor ran just fine. I think too many people worry about a 200-210 temp for no reason. If my temps were to run around 200-210 and held steady, I wouldnt worry about now that I've seem my motor run fine at that temp. Thats my , for whatever thats worth.
roe
Better lubrication and cleaner running with at least a 180 preferrably the 190
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