WOULD ANY OF YOU GUYS RECOMEND A 180* STAT WITH SOME WATER WETTER? ANY PRO'S OR CONS FOR THIS COMBO?

I posted this on the tbi board orginally but thought it would fit better here.

 

im not sure about the thermostat,but on my dads car he put that water wetter in it and it runs between 5-10 degrees cooler.How cold do you want your engine to run?

 

I am not sure i have read all the great debates frome the archives about 180 vs. 160 and i just thought the combo of a 180* with water wetter may be a good medium. I use it mostly just for a daily driver. I live near philadelphia Pa so winters can get fairly cold.

 

you can use water in the summer, just make sure you change it by winter. and water will cool better than antifreeze also. all of the studys I have read and even the test I've done in my car. water will cool the best, just be careful around winter :-)

 

I plan on running a 160* and water wetter in the late spring, course I don't have an ECM either, if I did I'd go with the 180*. Just be sure you change your fan temp switch so that it comes on earlier than stock or you'll be wasting your time.

 

i run a 160* stat with distilled water ,waterwetter , and a fan thats on all the time.b4 i store my car for the winter i drain it and put in straight antifreeze........

 

water and no antifreeze = rust in the block.Anti freeze prevents rust,so you should always have some in the engine.

 

MARK

I went to my local Pep boys to try to find a fan temp switch that comes on at a cooler temp but they could not find anything except a stock replacment where would i find one of these and do i ask for something specific???

thanks

 

Sorry, I'm not real sure, I have a belt driven fan, but you could also wire up a switch to activate whenever you want, course that might become a pain, or what if you forget.

 

TANK you can find the Switches at Summit Racing. Hypertech Fan Switch is about 44.00 and change without shipping. I put a 160* Hypertech and a 160* Stat in and I'm staying around 180 or so except on real hot days. Well it's always hot in Florida. Try that and see what happens. You'll be surprised how much cooler the engine runs.

 

I got a 160 thermo and the higest it has gotten was 180 and that was when I drove to Las Vegas in the summer, man that was awesome. Well bloody hot too.

 

Get a fan switch for a Buick Grand National. They come on cooler than our stock switches. $19.99 last time I checked.