I would check the water temp with a thermo to get an acurate reading

stock gauges are

my small block runs around 190 with a 180 on hot days and never drops

I just have removed the guts of the stat and used the ring as a restricter and drop it a bit...now it only goes to the 160-170 no matter what

put a spring in the bottom hose to make sure its not sucking flat and try it with a resricter in it maybe

maybe,its where its gonna ride at

Last edited by scratchnfotraction; 07/09/08 08:06 AM.