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Unread 05-29-2006, 04:05 PM   #10
EatRice
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Rich....I can not believe you did not pick up on his bull from his second post. He claims that "Florida" people should use a 160 degree thermostat but he has no accurate explaination as to why. "The stock stat in a C5 is like 187 or something.....but,....at what temp do stock C5's run at....a lot more....." quote from Chuck. Since he is a "tuner" and giving advice as to why you should use said thermostat he should be able to accurately advise you why you should a 160 degree thermostat. His answer of the car has a factory 187 or something is garbage. He does not even know what the factory unit it or the factory running temp or the optimual running temp. Without that information he is just talking out his butt. Then add on the information that he "tunes" without a dyno he is totally full of crap. A dyno is the best format for tuning a car next to the race track. Nobody can tune a car safely or to the car's fullest potential on the street. I say tell the quack to fly a kite.

As for the thermostat...it's job is to keep the car within it's proper operating tempature. Coolant is absorbs the heat and removes through the radiator. The thermostat opens with the coolant reaches a predetermined tempature allowing the coolant to flow.

If you do not have an overheating issue then don't mess with the thermostat.
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