T Montague's 2zr swap - '08 m/t sedan some extra info

[Ronnie V]

Originally Posted by tmontague

thanks! those are Ron's cup cars, they are a handful :D

LOL! They certainly are..........was a really fun day!!!

re: the lower temp thermo.........Hillclimb car Trev? Drag car? get the whole system warmed up faster???

[tmontague]

Originally Posted by Ronnie V

LOL! They certainly are..........was a really fun day!!!

re: the lower temp thermo.........Hillclimb car Trev? Drag car? get the whole system warmed up faster???

Maybe I'm missing something about their design but how would a lower temp tstat warm up a car faster? It opens at a lower temp dumping cooler coolant into the engine. Does this not translate into increasing time it takes to get the engine up to operating temps?