[urq] Looking for a Thermostat...

[Steve Eiche]

What are you looking to accomplish?  IME, running anything lower than the stock 87c thermostat is a bad idea.  The cooler thermostat makes the engine slower to get to operating temp (bad), run rich (bad), and kills fuel economy (a cool running engine is inefficient).  On top of that, you will see more deposits in the engine and likely LESS power.  

Going with a cooler fan switch isn't a bad idea, but I would stay with the stock thermostat.  Going with a larger oil cooler is also a good idea if you are running a lot of boost.  The idea is to keep the oil at 100c.  Hot enough to boil off any water, etc., but cool enough to keep the oil from breaking down and to cool the pistons properly. 

Steve

JP wrote:

I'm looking for a cooler thermostat for my 83 URQ, what are other people
running?

Right now I have a 80c - but was maybe looking for something a little
cooler. 

Does anyone have a line on where I might find something?

80 degrees seems like about the lowest I could find, but wondering if anyone
else has further insight? 

Along with that I would like a cooler fan switch too, but I think that will
be much easier to find. 

Thanks all 

JP