Those of you with Low Temp Thermostats

[jb92563]

Doesn't the Dash gage measure the Coolant temperature and not the engines operating temperature?

If the 160 opens 20 degrees cooler than the 180 I agree that you are getting earlier full flow cooling but is that a good thing?

I suppose when racing it is because you probably need cooling to kick in earlier to help ward off any Temperature spikes.

I suppose the cooler engine will also have tighter tolerances which could help in some places and cause premature wear in others.

However the few moments of cooler engine may be very brief as the engine reaches its normal operating temperature and the temp valve is wide open after the initial warm up.

For the average road driver I don't see a benefit and perhaps it even takes the car longer to reach a normal operating temp so it could actually be detrimental.

Just pondering some contradictory logic to see whether the thing is of any use at all or just a $160 gimmick from the Marketing dept.

I don't see any racing drivers cars with stickers advertising their brand of thermostat

Perhaps its one of those secrets the racers don't want to give away