This looks like it will fit ours.

http://www.howellautomotive.com/Howell/Sto...fc62fe1243b0602

Ours is a 180 degree, this one is a 160. fing02.gif

What do you think?

I remember getting one from Korea was like $70. mad.gif

 

Honestly, for racing or boost, I might consider a 160 degree tstat.. but for normal cars, I would stick with the stock temp. Modern engines need a certain amount of heat to burn off contaiminants and keep emissions down.

btw.. my Italian car's tstats are $70 bucks a piece.. but they have their own machined aluminum housing that sits at a junction of three houses OFF of the engine. Like an 80's BMW, it is a totally seperate unit.

 

The stock tstat can be changed in 5 minutes. Very easy.

 

Ok guys.. why would you do this?

This wont keep your temps down...

If you want a cooler running an engine upgrade the fans.

 

with coolant circulating into the radiator sooner, it will take longer for the engine to get up to temp.. and depending on the reserve built into the cooling system, it may indeed keep the engine colder.

Once with my spider, I had the tstat go when I was good hundred miles from home.. and being a specialised piece, I could not just go to a auto store and buy another.. so I made a trip to a hardware store for a brass elbow and a blank end in the proper size.. hooked the waterpump directly to the radaitor with the elbow and blocked off the return line from the head to the radiator...

car NEVER got warmed up on the way home.. which sucked because it was winter and I didn;t get any heat.

just so you can see what I am talking about:



Fiat 124 t stat

 

When the car is in "normal" operating temp, the thermostat is open anyways...

Unless you are referring to the FIRST time the car starts heating up,... i dont see how a thermostat can help you guys stay kool.

The fans are what keep the car once operating. It keeps the temps within range... the whole time the thermostat is open regardless.

The only thing i see the thermostat doing is keeping your car from getting to operating temps longer... which if you have forged pistons.. would seriously blow
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Back to the topic at hand, will this fit or not?

I'll give it a shot.

 

I have 160* stat in my z28. Doesn't do a damn thing. Waste of money!

 

Dude.. if people are allowed to go off topic on those supercharger thingies.. i think my comments should be allowed.


this will not work.. think about it..

Lets say you start your car..
ok

Now its warming up.. Thermostat opens..
Now the car actually gets cooler (you guys are right on this part)
However, you are still not at operating temp. So now its going to take you a bit longer to get there.

Ok car is at operating temp (normal thermostat would have been open by this point as well).

Car heats up... fans kick on
Car cools down... fans kick off
Car heats up.. fans kick on..
Car cools down... fans kick off..

The whole time.. the thermostat is open regardless if you have a 160 or 180.

sorry guys..

This would be an EXTREMELY bad idea for anyone with forged pistons.

Anyone with forged pistons by FORCE has to let their car warm up so the forged pistons can expand.

 

No one said your comments weren't allowed.


I just want to know if it fits. I'd like to test actually doing some temp measurements.

With living in the desert, anything a bit cooler is good.