nixon Member 6 Member For: 17y 10m 13d Posted 05/12/07 10:08 AM Share Posted 05/12/07 10:08 AM Hi everyone,I am searching for a low temp thermistat to fit into my BA II XR6T. If anyone out there knows of a place, contact, part No. that they could share with me I would be very appreciative, or if there is already a post on this topic could you please direct to it.If you could help, it would be great.Many thanksNixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanra Into the laaaake Member 1,532 Member For: 17y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Nrth Qld Posted 05/12/07 10:14 AM Share Posted 05/12/07 10:14 AM Its called a thermostat. Tridon P/N TT1-180 (180F/82c) from Supercrap Auto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc666 Member 5 Member For: 17y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: Glendalough, WA Posted 26/12/07 07:50 AM Share Posted 26/12/07 07:50 AM Is this the same as those power thermostats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hanra Into the laaaake Member 1,532 Member For: 17y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Nrth Qld Posted 26/12/07 07:56 AM Share Posted 26/12/07 07:56 AM POWER???? Man a thermostat is a thermostat. Just go down to Supercrap and get the above part number. A thermostat wont give you any more power.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc666 Member 5 Member For: 17y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: Glendalough, WA Posted 26/12/07 08:21 AM Share Posted 26/12/07 08:21 AM Ok then, like this one??http://www.norcom.net.au/~bpt/Ford%20Thermostats.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f-wolf Member 897 Member For: 17y 9m 2d Gender: Male Location: ACT Posted 26/12/07 09:48 AM Share Posted 26/12/07 09:48 AM (edited) Ok then, like this one??http://www.norcom.net.au/~bpt/Ford%20Thermostats.htmJust get one of these " Tridon P/N TT1-180 (180F/82c) "at super cheap for about $12.99.I have been using one in my T for nearly 2 years. DO NOT go below 180F .Here is some good reading:May 25, 1998 How can a cooler thermostat increase horsepower? Well its relatively simple if you learn this simple formula. For every 5 degrees you drop your air intake temperature you increase your horsepower by 1 percent. Keep this formula in the back of your mind why I explain this. As everyone surely knows there is coolant circulation through your lower intake on fuel injected engines and the intake on carburetted engines. Normally this coolant has to warm up to a temperature of between 192 and 196 degrees or so before it is allowed to circulate through the radiator where it can dissipate some of the engine heat. So what does this hot coolant do the intake, well it heats it up of course. The thermostat can only control minimum engine temperature and does not affect maximum temperature so keep this in mind. So in essence it will make the minimum intake temperature on a warmed up engine around 192-196 degrees with some leeway on either side depending on engine and cooling system design. Well let?s say we put a 180-degree thermostat in there, well that's 12 to 16 degrees cooler than the stock thermostat. If you could maintain that 180 degrees constantly that could possibly drop you air intake temperature around 12 degrees or so. What does this mean to power output, well on a 200 hp engine that comes out to around 5 horsepower for basically 4 bucks. But in order to take advantage of this your engine must be capable of maintaining this 180-degree, this is normally accomplished through high flow thermostats, auxiliary electric fans, running a high water content in the coolant, etc. But this isn't without its drawbacks. The major drawback is a loss in gas mileage due to the internal combustion engine losing efficiency at lower temperatures and that denser air charges also require more fuel to maintain the proper air fuel ratio. So many people may be asking the question why not run a 160 thermostat. Well my answer to this question is that yes you will probably make a little more power with a 160, but it comes at the cost of terrible gas mileage, increased engine wear due to the lack of part expansion which is calculated in to the engine design to take up certain clearances, increased particulate matter in the oil due to less efficient combustion and much richer mixtures. This is why I don't recommend these in anything besides competition use only engines. So why the deal about OBD2 engines? Well, OBD2 equipped engines have many diagnostic tests that OBD 1 engines do not, and some of these tests may require that the coolant temperature be above the rating of the stock thermostat, and if this test can not be run after a certain amount of time a code may be set. I am not certain about there being any OBD2 tests that pend on coolant temperature being above 196 degrees or so, but its possible, but as I said before you can get around these by forcing your engine to run a little warmer, remember thermostats only control minimum temperature, such as turning off your auxiliary fan or partially blocking your radiator during normal driving to get the temperature up around the normal range if your engine runs right on the thermostat minimum normally. Edited 26/12/07 09:57 AM by f-wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRPete Member 673 Member For: 17y 4m 17d Gender: Male Location: Here Posted 26/12/07 10:23 AM Share Posted 26/12/07 10:23 AM Apart from the 4 horsepower gain..... lol is there any other advantages of running the cooler thermostat? either on stock tune or generics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 20d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 26/12/07 10:35 AM Share Posted 26/12/07 10:35 AM it keeps the temperature down in your engine and makes sure the performance of your engine is more consistent and safer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRPete Member 673 Member For: 17y 4m 17d Gender: Male Location: Here Posted 26/12/07 10:40 AM Share Posted 26/12/07 10:40 AM it keeps the temperature down in your engine and makes sure the performance of your engine is more consistent and safer...Thanks so I guess most of you guys run these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 18y 7m 6d Gender: Male Posted 26/12/07 10:53 AM Share Posted 26/12/07 10:53 AM How can you trust what somebody writes with grammer like that?... Those crazy ppl from 1998! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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