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View Poll Results: Are Low temp thermostats effective for making your Boxster run cooler
NO - They make no difference in steady state operating temp. 6 30.00%
YES - I think my car runs cooler but have never really measured it. 10 50.00%
YES - and my car runs faster with the low temp thermostat. 3 15.00%
I don't care if it works; I just like modding my car... 2 10.00%
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Old 06-01-2013, 05:57 PM   #6
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I put a low temp thermostat in my car, but can't ell you if it is making much of a real differance since the temperatures where I live are currently 110+ degrees. What I can say is when I first got my car (last December) the temperature needle stayed right on the back of the 8 until I started to have water prump problems. Now, in the morning when it is less than 80 degrees it stays on the front of the 8. More or less. If I opush the car the temp will go up. I assume I'm hitting the capacity of my cooling system which is why I plan to add a third radiator to it. At worst, in the current temperature range, my guage hits the middle of the 0. Has neve gone past this point.

I bought my LT thermostat from a forum member, and didn't have a way to verify it was a low temperature thermostat either. Seems like it is since my car maintains a lower temperature for longer in the AM, but ...
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