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04-15-2015, 08:41 PM
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What is temp is the stock thermostat?
I thought that the 195 degree thermostat was stock temperature, but I was looking through an LMC catalog the other day and it listed the 180 degree one as standard. Then they list a 160 as a "summer" thermostat and a 195 as a "winter" thermostat. So what is the stock temperature rating?
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04-15-2015, 09:00 PM
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Re: What is temp is the stock thermostat?
My parts book says 1973-1978, all models, all engines: 195 degrees.
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04-15-2015, 09:26 PM
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Re: What is temp is the stock thermostat?
That is what I have read. I just wondered why LMC had them listed that way. I know that when I had my dodge truck I was always told that the magnum engines performed better with a thermostat with a lower temp rating than the stock one. I had never heard of this with SBC's.
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04-15-2015, 11:19 PM
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Re: What is temp is the stock thermostat?
It was an emissions thing. All GM vehicles by 1974 were on 195 stats as stock OEM equipped.
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