Stock dyno runs(baseline) scheduling tomorrow
Radix ordered enroute
magnaflow cat back ordered enroute
Jet 180 degree thermostat need to order
Edelbrock shorties need to order
Allen tune need to order
Flex-a-Lite Electric Fans need to order

Truck stereo install ordered/paid/waiting for parts to arrive
Truck alarm ordered/paid/waiting for parts to arrive

Boyd Coddington Juggernauts 20x8.5" need BS detail & need to order
Toyo Proxies 305/50-20 need to order

I already know I should go with TOG's. I'm still not 100% on that.

 

Get the 160* thermo .. the 180 isn't much of a difference. My 160 runs at 174 consistantly.

I wouldn't bother with shorties ... save some more dough and get the TOG's. They are carb approved too.

Oops .. saw you were already considering them ... the shorties are a waste. More bling factor than anything. You really will thaknk yourself for going with the TOGs instead.

 

Moregrip, just fyi, shortie headers are worth abot 5 rwhp and mid-long tube are worth about 20.

 

flyer, do you think my 6.0 would run at the same 174 deg. or there abouts?

if so then that would probably be cool, I do have the 34" radiator though.

please advise

 

Your temps will be determined with the fan turn on speed. I also have a 34" radiator and a 160* thermo...I made my own thermo also.

I'd make your own low temp thermo, and get the full length headers instead of fans now. You could also save some $$$ by tossing on a set of LS1 fans instead of the Flex-A-Lites too.

 

Hitman, thanks, can't go long tube unless they are CARB.
from what I've read, they could use a little more R&D on fitment...maybe not though.

How do you make a 160 degree thermo?

Flexalites are cool by me as long as nelson will be able to control them with my tune...

 

TOG's are the only CARB ones that I know of.

Basically you take a BB ~.177 cal and drop it inside the thermo housing. I think there was a writeup on here a while back on how to do it. It took me maybe 10 min to do. Save $50.

Well I suggested the LS1 fans over the Flex-A-Lites as they are cheaper. The big Flex's I think pull more air than the LS1 fans but I've never had a heating problem w/ my LS1 fans.

 

what are your temps like with the jesse james .177 cal thermo?

 

Last time I ATAP'd them like the upper 170s on a freeway cruise last fall.

 

thanks, I'll do a search on that mod