thermostat question

[green94droptop]

I have a 180* thermo in my car. Isn't the purpose of going that low with that kind of thermo to allow the water to flow through the engin when the temp reaches 180*?

Well, what my question is: The car stays pretty cool when im not shifting (between the 'N' and the 'O'). But when I am city driving, it SOMETIMES gets to the middle of the guage (Bettween the 'R' and the 'M'). That just seems hot to me. Isn't that around the 220* mark? I would think that it should never get that high with my low temp thermo, right?

I really would like my car to stay at around 180* or between the 'N' and the 'O' on the temp guage.

Thanks in advance.

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Green '94 GT conv. -- K&N filter charger, FMS 9mm wires, Accel hipo cap/rotor, 180* thermo, 14* timing, PRO 5.0, off road H-pipe in front of 2 chamber flow's, Steeda subframe connectors w/ crossbrace, stock, stock, stock, yeah and that's stock too.

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