Preferred Coolant Temps

On my 91 dakota. My indy single plane doesn't have a bypass hose. So I just gutted a stock thermostat. I mean cut out the center part and used it for a restrictor. Seems to work great for me. But I don't run my dakota on the street and I just have a slow 360 magnum in my pro-junk yard Dakota. Lol
My car doesn’t see the street either. Just looking for a way to bring up temps.