I got a 180 as Mr Kelley and the article on eek I read referred to as the best all round temperature. Haven't done a cold start yet beyond running to get the air out and annie freeze topped off again.
I have noticed the electric fans come on at around 140. I am not sure if this is a good temp for that. The sensor is in the rad fins near the water inlet so when hot water is let loose by the thermostat. I think it will be ok, but any thoughts on that's would be appreciated.
I did notice this : the car always ran at 140 before swapping thermos, so now it runs 130 !!!! The old thermostat has two sets of numbers in double digits and a plain 190. The new thermostat has no other numbers besides specifically, 180 degrees. With that little o by 180 however you make that. So it is clearly maked 180 degrees, and the old has just 190 stamped on it, so by the powers of brilliant deduction I declare it is 190 degrees AND the gauge . . . sux!
So . . .what does this mean thinking it had a 140, and raising it to 180 to bring it UP to proper temperature, but instead LOWERING the temp! I am not sure but, the computer is waiting to see 180 then it switches from open loop, to closed loop. Won't it GET to closed faster then? Thinking being that the water is circulating sooner, warming the engine compleater sooner (peed off spellchek with that one!) , than having to take the time to get to 190.
Anyway, it's raining here today. It don't look like clear skys till tuesday. So I will report how cold start goes asap.
So on the subject of cooling, I am wondering what the effect is when you block the throttle body spacer coolant from getting to it. Will it start harder cold? Or does it lower the incoming air temp compressing the fuel a little more =ing more horsepuppys? Or is it a negligible amount, keep the cold start warmth, specially because I live in Michigan.
I know I dump allot when I do it, but I promise I WILL give up some more pics! haha thanks