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I was an hour from home and the thermostat "stuck" open. The fan ran the battery down while I had lunch. I tapped on the housing, it apparently closed and I added water to the tank. One jump start later, I was at home with the car running cooler (180ish) then the 220ish it has run for 60,000 miles.
Yes, My rev warning indicator was showing a lower RPM as when cold.
What I don't get........ Looking up thermostat for 2014 Corvette,,,,,, I find them listed at 160* 170* and 207*.
I would think the lower degree thermostat would be listed as racing products.
Your running temp was considered by engineers when the engine was designed. It's an important factor, so all things being even, I'd stay with the original thermostat temp.
Your running temp was considered by engineers when the engine was designed. It's an important factor, so all things being even, I'd stay with the original thermostat temp.
Absolutely but the engineers work for GM and NOT YOU. They take their marching orders from GM which means it is constrained by EPA, manufacturing cost, ease of assembly, etc, etc. If you happen to like it, so be it.
Edit: Not saying the engineers are bad people or incompetent. Just saying that simply assuming the engineers were given a set of criteria that may or may not correspond to what you may consider desirable. Think of the AFM/DOD system, for example. Emissions requirements, GM wanting to cut cost so we get what we get. IDK of anyone who wanted it besides corporate for their reasons.
Stay away from the mishimoto thermostats. I went through 2 of them in a year because they get bound up, hanging open and or closed. Other brands were problematic as well. I ended up getting a cheap unit from summit for an old SBC I think, and popped the bulb out of it and pressed it into the steel plate made for our c7’s. Call me crazy but I have not an issue with it since. I did a post on it.
[QUOTE=aklim;1607388834]Absolutely but the engineers work for GM and NOT YOU. They take their marching orders from GM which means it is constrained by EPA, manufacturing cost, ease of assembly, etc, etc. If you happen to like it, so be it.
Edit: Not saying the engineers are bad people or incompetent. Just saying that simply assuming the engineers were given a set of criteria that may or may not correspond to what you may consider desirable. Think of the AFM/DOD system, for example. Emissions requirements, GM wanting to cut cost so we get what we get. IDK of anyone who wanted it besides corporate for their reasons.[/QUOTE
"...doesn't mean we should accept it blindly as the best and only way?" True, but it also doesn't mean we should experiment *****-nilly. But, it's the person's call who owns the car.
It isn't about what it came with from the factory,,,,,,, it's about what is recommended by the company that made the car. Especially many years after it was manufactured. There are lots of company's trying to sell lots of goofy things that don't work.
It isn't about what it came with from the factory,,,,,,, it's about what is recommended by the company that made the car. Especially many years after it was manufactured.
Splitting hairs between factory vs manufacturing but there are many who try to defeat the AFM/DOD system although that is what the manufacturer/factory did recommend. Let's use the old fluid for the A8. Oh, wait. Maybe not good to save a few pennies.
Not going to blindly trust the "manufacturer knows what's best for me" kool-aid
I replaced mine over the summer with a Katech 174 and no problem so far.
I also have a Katech , only because I am Procharged otherwise I i would have stayed with the OEM , stock my 2015 never went over 200 degrees down here in the south and the LT1 is designed to run hotter than the LS or older small and Big Block Chevy's
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