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impressions on 83C thermostat
logged more miles using the 83C thermostat and for the most part, i'm pretty happy with it. it's too bad the ambient temps have been low - in the 60's, but i got to drive in stop and go NYC traffic and the engine temps were just fine. i even had to leave the AC on because it was 100% humidity and raining the whole time. normal temps are a hair above the 80C line so it's about 82-85C. cruising produces slightly cooler temps but not less than 80C. the first real test was stop and go after highway cruising and it rose to just under 90C, then subsided to 82-85C after a few minutes. and the final test was pulling into the garage and switching off after several minutes on the highway. i turned it on again after a few minutes and the temps had risen to about 97C, quickly subsided to 85C upon starting. with the 87C thermostat, it would have been around or even over 100C.
i'll see how it behaves in the really bad holiday traffic jams. last winter i got in some really nasty ones prompting me to install the cooling mod (in the dead of winter). at this point i'm leaving this new thermostat in there...
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