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chronicgrandprix

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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:34 am

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180 TSTAT.. I MUST SAY.IT WAS QUICK SHIPPING.

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lol i wouldn't really call that a mod..

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92gtpblue wrote:

lol i wouldn't really call that a mod..

You are right... but hey, it improves something in the car. And its a change to a stock tstat. Its a "mod" by all terms.

I guess I'm more excited about the fact that I am now putting things into my engine.

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Congratulations on getting started!

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LOL. Congrats man. Now that you have arguably the cheapest and fastest mod to do, you can move on to harder ones

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I got my 180 from advance for 9 bucks. and built my intake for 20 from lowes

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SleeperSE wrote:

I got my 180 from advance for 9 bucks. and built my intake for 20 from lowes

u are resourceful!

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chronicgrandprix

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NEW MOD IS HERE

Slowly but surely.

I think I'm getting the Insert next.

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SleeperSE wrote:

I got my 180 from advance for 9 bucks. and built my intake for 20 from lowes

can you explain to me what the 180 thermostat actually does, and where and what i can get one?

im a car newb

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z3r0

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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:39 pm

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i bought me 300$ speedbuilt fwi for 40 bucks shipped?

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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:30 am

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z3r0 wrote:

i bought me 300$ speedbuilt fwi for 40 bucks shipped?

Nice!!

Where?

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hotrodolds

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Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:57 am

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It's more of a mod than you think. It killed 3* of KR on Mike's car.

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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:30 am

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I also drilled mine I followed zzp's website in there how to section

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hotrodolds

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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:44 am

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I had a drilled thermostat, and up here, in Wisconsin, that's a mistake. When you have 120* coolant temps...yeah, that's just all sorts of bad.

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Mru91

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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:31 pm

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whats the stock thermostat at?

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hotrodolds

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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:35 pm

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The stock thermostat is 195* F.

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chrismurphy wrote:

SleeperSE wrote:

I got my 180 from advance for 9 bucks. and built my intake for 20 from lowes

can you explain to me what the 180 thermostat actually does, and where and what i can get one?

im a car newb

A stock thermostat is 195 degrees, so a 180* will open sooner. In the winter, this is a benefit, as you can get heat sooner. In the summer, it will make the engine run cooler. In the past, I've run without a thermostat altogether, but that was in older V8 engines, and I'm unsure as to how a newer engine would handle it.

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