Increased performance via thermostat

[lofat]

Changing out my thermostat really rocked my world.

Since I have had my truck I had never seen the temp gauge go above 1/4 way mark. I know it was running hotter than that, but it never over heated, and it never had any real problems as a result so I let it go.

because I don't like having 'wrong' info displayed to me, I decided to replace the thermostat and get a more accurate reading. well, I am not sure why, or how, but changing this part out has definitely improved my performance noticeably. seems like the lack of get up and go has got up and went.

when the beast is warmed up and I jump on the gas now, I notice that the acceleration is greater and where the transmission shifts out of first gear is different, like it is letting me squeeze get more RPM's out of 1st now.

I know little about carburetion, but learning as I go. but would this be the case of an electric choke reacting based on the engine temp? Besides changing the reading on my dash, how else does having the thermostat reading the correct information affect engine performance?

any insight shared is appreciated

Scott