Anyone still running a 195 T-stat?
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Anyone still running a 195 T-stat?
SInce nearly everyone here has switched over to ruinning a cooler T-stat, I was wondering whether or not anyone has decided to stick with the 195 or switch back to a 195 on their Bonneville'*. If so, why? Just curious
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Although I have not personally done this, some reasons I can think of why people would switch back to the 195 or keep the 195 is because:
1) They don't care about performance so it doesn't matter.
2) They want their heat to be warmer in the winter.
3) They want to keep the engine running warm to make sure the spark plugs don't foul out and the car maintains good gas mileage.
Other than that, I don't why someone would leave it in or switch back.
1) They don't care about performance so it doesn't matter.
2) They want their heat to be warmer in the winter.
3) They want to keep the engine running warm to make sure the spark plugs don't foul out and the car maintains good gas mileage.
Other than that, I don't why someone would leave it in or switch back.
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I still have the 195* in mine. I was under the impression that the only real gains from installing a 180 or colder would be by the supercharged cars? Would my NA 3800 see any performance benifits?
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I fall in to the lazy category myself. I just haven't gotten around to it yet.
And it shouldn't affect the heat. The engine will still get to the same temp, the thermostat just opens sooner allowing coolant circulation earlier.
Right?
And it shouldn't affect the heat. The engine will still get to the same temp, the thermostat just opens sooner allowing coolant circulation earlier.
Right?
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I've changed mine to a drilled 180 for the summer months, then I'll re-install the stock 195 for the winter months. It gets pretty frekkin cold up here!
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Originally Posted by Blk_Bonneville
I still have the 195* in mine. I was under the impression that the only real gains from installing a 180 or colder would be by the supercharged cars? Would my NA 3800 see any performance benifits?
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Thermostats
I have seen a lot of chatter on here about switching to a 180 thermostat. I don't see the big advantage. The design of the engine is for a 195 thermostat. The thermostat attempts to keep the engine temp at a particular level, if it can. The downside has got to be efficiency.
I'd like to see if anyone has actually measured a performance gain with this mod, or if it is just an old wive'* tale. Hey, why not just take out the 'stat all together.
Here in the northeast, most months you want the hot stat in there. The only months that don't matter are June, july and Aug.
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I'd like to see if anyone has actually measured a performance gain with this mod, or if it is just an old wive'* tale. Hey, why not just take out the 'stat all together.
Here in the northeast, most months you want the hot stat in there. The only months that don't matter are June, july and Aug.
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And it shouldn't affect the heat. The engine will still get to the same temp, the thermostat just opens sooner allowing coolant circulation earlier.
I'd like to see if anyone has actually measured a performance gain with this mod, or if it is just an old wive'* tale. Hey, why not just take out the 'stat all together.
I have 180'* in mine and my milage has stayed the same....
There'* laziness too, guys. Some of us are just REALLY friggin lazy...