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05-23-2015, 07:01 PM
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Drives: '21 ZLE A10 Join Date: May 2012
Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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Factory thermostat is a "160 degree" unit confirmed
Just started tearing into the Z to swap heads/cam and confirmed the factory thermostat is 70 degrees Celsius or 158 degrees Fahrenheit. So much for all the posts about a 160 thermostat is a horrible thing...blah!
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'21 ZLE A10 Wild Cherry PDR 2:00.78 VIR Full 10.68@131.69 1.68 60'
'17 ZL1 A10 Mosaic Black PDR/Nav 2:03.08 VIR Full 11.003@129.2 1.75 (sold) '15 Z/28 #325 Black a/c & stereo. 2:10.1 VIR Full (sold) '12 ZL1 A6 Black 10.52@131 1.55 60' 2:13 VIR Full (sold) |
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05-23-2015, 11:03 PM
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2013 Camaro SS1LECTSVZ28
Drives: 2013 AGM 1SS/1LE Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Suburbs of Detroit, MI
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To confirm, who said the 160f thermostat was a horrible thing, other Z/28 owners?
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05-24-2015, 06:40 AM
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Drives: '21 ZLE A10 Join Date: May 2012
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all of the "modders" in every forum. Z/28 guys have nothing to worry about...lol!
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'21 ZLE A10 Wild Cherry PDR 2:00.78 VIR Full 10.68@131.69 1.68 60'
'17 ZL1 A10 Mosaic Black PDR/Nav 2:03.08 VIR Full 11.003@129.2 1.75 (sold) '15 Z/28 #325 Black a/c & stereo. 2:10.1 VIR Full (sold) '12 ZL1 A6 Black 10.52@131 1.55 60' 2:13 VIR Full (sold) |
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05-24-2015, 06:42 AM
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Drives: '21 ZLE A10 Join Date: May 2012
Location: Mechanicsville, VA
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'21 ZLE A10 Wild Cherry PDR 2:00.78 VIR Full 10.68@131.69 1.68 60'
'17 ZL1 A10 Mosaic Black PDR/Nav 2:03.08 VIR Full 11.003@129.2 1.75 (sold) '15 Z/28 #325 Black a/c & stereo. 2:10.1 VIR Full (sold) '12 ZL1 A6 Black 10.52@131 1.55 60' 2:13 VIR Full (sold) |
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05-24-2015, 08:46 AM
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Drives: 14 1LE Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Spokane, WA
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It revolves around the idea that you can't tune the ECM to operate the fans below 192.
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05-26-2015, 04:12 AM
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Drives: 14 ZL1 - 12 CT Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Doha, Qatar
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Good to know! Thanks for sharing.
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05-26-2015, 09:05 AM
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Drives: something faster than you Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: where dem hoes be
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Not only that, but you're comparing a track oriented and purposely built car to regular everyday street cars. On Z28s, the engineers can afford to lose a little bit of fuel mileage and motor life to make the car perform better and last longer under severe conditions. Most people that only say that 160* tstats are bad don't know what they are talking about. They are perfectly fine although they do come with some cons...that's all. And like I mentioned before, a car like the Z28 is can be ok with those cons. A run of the mill Camaro or even other peformance car not so much. |
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