here is one for you....a customer brought in a 2000 Z/28 camaro 350 5.7 liter into the shop...computer was going crazy giving serveral INCORRECT codes...customer removed his normal thermosta and replaced it with a 165 degree one...the computer in the car is used to one that is normally about 195-197 degrees, when the customer replaced to a cooler thermostat they did nothing with the computer chip...i am gussing we need to upgrade the computer chip to a Hyper tech tempature chip..or replace thermostat with normal one..customer comes to pick up car on wed july 14th what do you think is best course of action?

---J---

 

What kind of incorrect codes? The power gain from a lower thermo is almost negligible, so you might as well just replace it with a normal thermo.

 

As long as it's only an act, what's the problem?

A '00 346 V-8 likely uses an OBD-II PCM. You should be able to scan the real time data and discover the solution to the "erroneous" codes.

And good luck in finding a "chip" for that PCM.

 

It's a bad act?

Swap back to the correct stat. It's pointless to change it if the fans come on at the stock settings.

 

Thanks for the help guys....