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Old 01-30-2012, 06:28 PM   #15
san rensho
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Originally Posted by MileHighBoxster View Post
15 years ago and, to my knowledge, not only have the original late 90's done fine - but they haven't felt a need to change it. Again, as I've stated above, I agree that a cooler running engine is probably better but I don't see any proof that the temperatures are detrimental to the engine. Additionally, as stated above, the thermostat operates on temperature not on the digital readout.
For what its worth, other modern P cars, the GT2 and GT3s, IIRC, have 160 deg thermostats.
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