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Ok, let's step back and look at this more from a basic logic standpoint.With the evenflo 160 I saw 205-217 with half your Hp and 30 degree weather.
170 I am 185-190 max.
So, tell me whats the big difference? Coolant ratios? Bad TStats?
If a thermostat opens sooner, it allows coolant to flow sooner, cooling the engine sooner.
As much as it seems people are wanting there to be some magic to this, there simply isn't. It's basic, and mechanically proven.
So, if a higher temp rated thermostat is cooling to a lower temp, it isn't some magic. it means it's letting water through before it's designed temperature. is it a larger bypass? improper seal? is it by design? mistake?
We don't know, as we do not make the other one. But ours is engineered to operate exactly how it is, to get the CHT right where it's supposed to be to make the engine happy.
So often we find that people that report higher temps did not burp the system correctly, and as we sit and think about this logically, if this is because ours cycle like the factory stat (which is also tricky to burp) then it makes more and more sense that the other makes of thermostats are allowing more water to flow while the thermostat is closed.
this is not a positive. If the only goal was to drop it as low as it could go, we would be selling water restrictions rather than thermostats. Instead the goal is to get the operating temps to a happier place than stock.
We spent a lot of time developing and selecting what we felt was the best for the engine. By installing, revising, testing, validating, and proving it out. Just like we do when we are making any product. Being an OEM supplier, that is what we do. Our products are designed to work how they need to, factoring in durability, reliability, and power in it's entirety.
So, again, just think about what people are saying. If our thermostat is open sooner, but has a higher CHT, then the only possibility is that the other thermostat is flowing water before it opens. If so, you now have less precise control over things since you are allowing leakage contribute to temperature control as opposed to the thermostat working as intended, by cycling open with increases in temperature, and closed with decreases.
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