Thanks to Steve and Bill!
Yes Bill I remember following the saga of the t-stat that was boxed wrong & caused you to loose the rad.! That stopped me at the time from scratching where it didn't itch! I had my local dealer do a flush & refil on my car back in Nov.05 and they used the wrong coolant so I figure if I use the the correct coolant I'm gonna open the t-stat housing to flush it with the motor runing. Having said that I fugured I should swap out the t-stat since I don't know how old it is, and that I'll be there anyway.
Steve, I get caught in traffic a good bit on some cruises and some cruises we go into NYC so I was looking for an edge on the engine temps. I can live with the stock T-stat as even though the coolant temp gets up there the oil temp stays below 1/2 way on the gauge even if I get caught for awhile in B to B stuff. Both come right down once airflow is re-established, man I'm so glad I clean that stuff & put the screen in!
Maybe I'll get a stocker and a NAPA 180 and do my own road test!
Thanks for the input guys!
Tom