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Old 09-03-2025, 08:12 PM
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slight devils advocate on the running hotter conversation.

1. I agree, its always been a strange flex to me when someone says "Car wont get over 150 degrees", and most OEMs set the thermostats between 195-205. So if you car runs comfortably in that zone its fine.

2. Caveat here though, in the world of hot rodding, where maybe we have some extra compression, etc....... there can be some safety benefits to keeping it below 200 on the regular. My car will start to audibly ping once its good and heat soaked at 190 or above. For the most part, its just pulling away from stop lights and light load, which I dont overly care much about. My C6 did the same thing. But its gets worse as it gets hotter, and starts to concern me more.

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