Anyone know what the stock temp is? They said it lists both 180 and 195 as stock temp? I have a 88 and wanted to run a little cooler in the summer to fight knock.
Stock thermo temp?
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Well, I suppose I could be wrong, but it would seem to me that a 195 thermo would regulate the engine block temp at 195, and a 180 would keep it at 180.
I know that there is much more dynamic heat exchange going on between the engine and the coolant and the radiator and the air, but logic would suggest that running a cooler T-stat should reduce average operating temps if the rest of the cooling system has the capacity to discharge the extra heat associated with lowering the running temp.
I know that there is much more dynamic heat exchange going on between the engine and the coolant and the radiator and the air, but logic would suggest that running a cooler T-stat should reduce average operating temps if the rest of the cooling system has the capacity to discharge the extra heat associated with lowering the running temp.
Stock is 88*, don't mess with what temp the motor runs at; you will be screwing with much more then you think in terms of how it operates. If you are having detonation issues you need to do something other then make the engine run cooler then it was designed to.
jj: I remember seeing a post by Trent on SF where he ran a 160 with a PWR rad (important part
) and it did run ~160 water temps.
jj: I remember seeing a post by Trent on SF where he ran a 160 with a PWR rad (important part
) and it did run ~160 water temps.
I should've been more specific with the question (no increased capacity for example) but since I see it's Porter we're dealing with I've since decided to skip the lengthy explanation. Not the least of which is why, if the system was running at 180 (or even 195), does it need to be pressurized at sea level? After all, the boiling point of the typical mix of 50/50 water and glycol is around 230 F.
I'm glad you chimed in though because I was sorely tempted to point out that screwing with coolant temps can have serious side effects on an EFI engine. It's no wonder so many guys have problems. 10-15 degrees matters little to cooling system performance but a great deal to what the ecu might do.
I'm glad you chimed in though because I was sorely tempted to point out that screwing with coolant temps can have serious side effects on an EFI engine. It's no wonder so many guys have problems. 10-15 degrees matters little to cooling system performance but a great deal to what the ecu might do.