What degree Thermostat?

The thermostat ain't gotta thing to do with how hot the engine runs. Just sayin.

generally speaking,
In my cuda i was running 180 T-stat but was always high on the gauge which caught me off guard several times, but was really 180 to 190 degrees. I changed it this weekend to a 160 now it runs at 160ish and half way on the gauge. keep in mind all components of the cooling system are fairly new.