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quote:Originally posted by brngrhd
i agree with tthrift the fan will not run untill it needs it and when the car is moving at 20 mph there is plenty of air moving to keep them cool. buy the t-stat and run it it will be cooler.
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Okay, so the PT is different than every other car. My statement was from personal experience with my mustang. Unless you are constantly moving, which does not happen in most metro areas, your car will simply not maintain that temp. There is another post on this board right now with an overheating problem because the fan is not working. When I put the lower temp stat in my mustang some years ago, I had to have the temp parameters programmed into one of my chips to be able to take advantage of it and I had a huge aluminum radiator in it. I just had the high fan come on at 185.
If the car would maintain a constant temp we would not even need a fan. Honestly, it will not work. The fan is constantly cycling on and off as you drive simpley because you cannot keep moving forward constantly. As I said, if all you do is drive on the freeway and never stop, you will be fine, but the moment you stop the temp will skyrocket and it takes a long time to get rid of heat once it builds up. Try pulling the plug on your fan sometime if you think the car will fun cool with just a 185 stat.
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