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Dec 5, 2005 | 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by vital49

Yes, exactly. I had a 180 in my car for about 3 months. It sucked and I saw no improvement in anything. My gas mileage suffered. Plus, I'm not convinced that a 180 stat really has that much benefit anyways. GM put a 195 in there for a reason.

Vital, you are correct...most will not see any improvements. The 180 swap is mostly needed for the pulley'd SC'*. Heat is generated quickly and needs to be under control before it starts.

Matter of fact, being winter and quite cold...I changed to a 195 fo the winter with my 3.4 pulley.

Dec 5, 2005 | 01:49 PM

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Hmm..I might change mine over. I could just pin in the high speed fan shutoff into the cabin for the winter. I have the wiring and such to do so. The 195 would improve overall winter gas and engine performance?