Wild one
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I'm up here to,a 180 is livable in the winter,but a 170 or 160 not so much.Although i do know of a couple guys who are running a 160 year round,and one is in Fort Mac,but i also swear he's part grizzly bear,as a 160 in my truck left alot to be desired for heat output at -10C,but the 180 is livable. I ran a 180 in both the wifes last 2 Challengers,i never did tune her 2016,but both easily pull down over 30 mpg,and there was absolutely no change in milege between the stock 203 and 180 thermostats as far as milege goes.MPG has more to do with driving habits then engine temp.I also run a 180 in our untuned 300 in the summer,and there's no change in milege on it either,it'll pull down well over 30 mpg to with a 180.Actually you are right, I have never put a 180 in a 2012 or newer vehicle. Used to swap between 180 and 195, winter and summer, on the older Carburated and early fuel injected throttle body vehicles. I have however taken them out of two Rams, 1 Ford 250 and two GMs. In every case they were complaining about no heat on the highway. The increased gas mileage is anecdotal from a couple of the guys that had those trucks, I did not see it myself.
Do what you like, but up here it gets really cold and rarely gets to 80F, so the 180 is no bueno.
Not sure about your claim of it rarely gets to 80F,that's only 27C,if you'd said 90F or 34C,i'd agree,but we see 27C fairly often in Alberta,especially if your in the Hat area,lol
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