160 deg thermo

[Tom Rs]

i am gonna get a custom tune from tsp next month and i was thinking i should put in a 160 thermo. is that a good idea ? my car is a 97. and also 97rs4life do you still have these for sale ?

[ezrollin]

160 in the winter is not such a great idea
i would use it in summer
and switch to 180 in winter

[SilverRS96]

i use a 160 all year round havent had a problem with it

[dmw319]

i live in NC and have used the 160* thermo year round and have had no problems.

[ December 03, 2005, 11:04 PM: Message edited by: dmw319 ]

[BobbyZ72]

i to use 165 all year, never had a problem.

[BLLDOGG]

Originally posted by dmw319:
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i use a 160 all year round havent had a problem with it

x2 </font>[/QUOTE]x2 but i live down south where it doesnt get really under 0*

[shenanigans]

I use my year round but when it hits 39-40 the car is a little cooler then I woudl want, if it was like that day to day.

[97rs4life]

Yea I can still get you one, let me know. My supplier just raised their price a $1 so I would charge $16 shipped if you want one.

[Little G]

160 year round here. no problems except for the coolant thermostat code which i deleted with hptuners, make sure tsp takes care of that for you

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[97rs4life]

1997 cars don't have that problem ;)

[navyblue2000]

I ran a 180* thermostat + cooler plugs (stock heat range, but copper) 9 months out of the year - the winter months I ran stock thermostat and plugs.

Reason being, There isn't a big difference in power when it's that cold outside, and I was getting ~19mpg combined with cold plugs + 180 thermo. It didn't bother me to change them out though, I could do a thermo+ plug swap in 15 minutes [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I have a 160* (I think) thermo in the Trans Am and cannot stand it, driving to work in 40* weather the car barely gets past the second tick on the temp gauge. sucks.

[Tom Rs]

hmm might have to scratch this idea. its like 20 outside now

[V8 Killer]

I'm from Long Island, I really dont recommend a 160 in our winter weather...

[fast 3.4]

How about a 94?

[guy]

i dont see a problem in ca with a 160 stat winters arent bad there right?