160 vs 180 thermostat
So i got my 6.4 in my 70 duster.... dam thing is a runner!
Only thing i didnt like much was the temps with the 180 thermostat.... on a 95deg day it would run 192-194 deg on the highway.... fans turn on and 196, and i fell thats warm enough.... i know they can run hotter and do, but i dont like over 200 myself....
Fans would turn on almost as soon as you stop, and would cycle on and off kinda quick (one min on, one min off or so) in city drivin....
So now i am runnin a 160 thermostat, i like this alot better.... same 95deg day down the highway, im runnin 175.... and i can pull off the highway and do city drivin, pretty much all stop n go and the fans hardly turn on.... sometimes i can jump from highway to town, then back to highway and fans wont even turn on at all!... and when fans do turn on at 196, now it cools down to about 180-185 quick, then takes much longer before then turn on again.....where the 180 thermostat would keep temps right around 190-194, so the fans are almost always on....
I also have a 180 oil thermostat, so oil temps are always around 175 cold days to 190 hot days
just my experience
So i got my 6.4 in my 70 duster.... dam thing is a runner!
Only thing i didnt like much was the temps with the 180 thermostat.... on a 95deg day it would run 192-194 deg on the highway.... fans turn on and 196, and i fell thats warm enough.... i know they can run hotter and do, but i dont like over 200 myself....
Fans would turn on almost as soon as you stop, and would cycle on and off kinda quick (one min on, one min off or so) in city drivin....
So now i am runnin a 160 thermostat, i like this alot better.... same 95deg day down the highway, im runnin 175.... and i can pull off the highway and do city drivin, pretty much all stop n go and the fans hardly turn on.... sometimes i can jump from highway to town, then back to highway and fans wont even turn on at all!... and when fans do turn on at 196, now it cools down to about 180-185 quick, then takes much longer before then turn on again.....where the 180 thermostat would keep temps right around 190-194, so the fans are almost always on....
I also have a 180 oil thermostat, so oil temps are always around 175 cold days to 190 hot days
just my experience
