[car guy]

Here are my results. No one in my area had remanufactured pumps on hand and I couldn't order one because there was no way to know which kind I would get. i did put on a new pump from Bosch that had cast impellers and adjusted the divider plate to about .08. I didnt notice any diffrence. As stated in my original post I would run about 210 degrees. I pulled the thermostat it was a 180 and tested it and found that it wasn't opening until about 200 degrees and I dont think it was opening all the way. I put in a 160 degree thermostat and after running about 10 minutes the temp. got up to 195 and held there running at 60 mph for 20 more minutes. stopping for stop signs it would jump quickly to 200 and go back down when driving again. When i got back home I let the car idle about 5 minutes and the temp got to 210. After shutting the car down the temp climed to about 220 degrees after setting 5 mins. I would like to have better but 195 at driving speeds and the temp outside about 75 degrees is not bad. What I would like to know is do you guys think these numbers are acceptable? I should add that after changing the thermostat i noticed a large increase in the coolant flow in the radiator and the car restarted better when hot.