Has anyone ever tried a high flow thermostat as opposed to the OE replacement? It was listed as the same temperature range (193 - 198) but says it will flow up to 60% more. My question is this will still result in the same operating temperature as the OE one right???

What is the effect of the higher flow??? It wouldn't cool things down?

What do you guys usually use???

thanks

 

im not an expert on thermos, but what do you mean high flow? all thermos do is control whether the fans come on, and go into closed loop or open loop mode and stuff like that
ive never heard of a thermo "flowing"

 

well, they are supposed to open at a certain temperature and then let the coolant circulate through the engine but this "high flow" one apparently allows more coolant through it (bigger opening).

It still says that it opens at the same temp but I am struggling to figure out its's purpose. TO me, I would think that if the coolant can flow through quicker it would probably stay cooler and maybe not maintain operating temperature??? I don't know.

 

you guys are talking about two different thermostats:
eddie is talking about the one on the front of the engine block that controls flow of liquid coolent through the engine.

unvc92camarors is talking about a fan temp sensor.

i know little about thermostats, but i would think it would cool down the block quicker, and allow more coolent to pass through it. ( actually i think its a gimmick, and probbably does nothing more then OEM)

 

Get a 180º hi flow.

Or, get an oem, and drill three 1/4" holes in a triangle, and accomplish the same thing.

Honestly, i always use the high flows, and don't like drilling the thermos, but some of the older car guys swear by the drilling.

 

thanks for the replies guys,

well for the extra couple of dollars I personally wouldn't bother with the drilling.

Doward - I was looking in the book at the store and they didn't have specific values, rather ranges (3) as follows:

160 - 180
180 - 192
192 - 198

I have never seen this before, only specific values. Are these ranges the same thing as saying 160, 180 and 195 stats, or should I just go look for another brand? confused.... Curious as to why the ranges get wider.... They had regular or high flow for all 3 ranges. Even if it was a high flow, it would still operate in the that given range right???