Blueprint 408 cooling system questions.

Lotsa bullshit in this thread, but one thing I totally disagree with is changing to a cooler thermostat. No way in hell will that help. The thermostat has SQUAT to do with how hot an engine runs, yet you cannot tell people that who've got it stuck in their head otherwise. What I would recommend is either the stock 195 or the 180, BUT go with a good quality high flow like a Stewart.


Yep. That is the MINIMUM engine temperature. If you run a 180 thermostat and the car is constantly at 195 that tells you the cooling system will only maintain 195 under load.

You could drop a 120 degree thermostat in there (if there is such a thing)and it would STLL be at 195 under load.