Leave the heater off while the truck is running. This will keep the heat on the motor and will allow the motor to warm faster. When the motor gets to operating temp turn on the heater, and it should be warm enough to thaw you out. Also does anyone know if a 180 degree thermostat will help warm up time?

 

the 180 thermostat will make the engine run cooler, not hotter

the 180 stat opens when the engine gets to 180 and keeps it around there

the 190 stat opens when the engine gets to 190 and keeps it around there

but I dont think 10 dergrees will make that big of a difference though. I still have a 190, so dont quote me on that.
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Thanks for the info johnnymagnum. I was thinking of swaping to a 180 and getting a jet stage 1 pcm, but not for warm up time. i just wanted to see how the 180 would affect warm up time. thanx

 

With a 180 t-stat your engine will reach t-stat opening temp faster, but this won't help at all.

Jet chip won't help at all either. See your other thread.

 

I put cardboard directly against my radiator in November and take it out somewhere around march and never ever take it out unless it gets warm enough i dont need the heater and i've driven long distances like that it never overheats. In fact there is no airflow whatsoever because the cardboard i use completly covers every square inch of the radiator. as long as its cold outside you wont have any trouble whatsoever. For some reason not only does this make your engine warm up faster but it makes your heater hotter after it warms up. Could be because there is never any cold air going in the engine compartment but i dont know. Also if it does get a little wamer outside but it is still a little chilly just cover up half your radiator. Still warms up faster and wont overheat

 

how high does your heat guage get when you put the piece of cardboard on it?


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exact same place as without i even forgot to take the cardboard out on a 50 degree day and it didnt overheat if you drive a long distance it will raise about the width of the needle but it never gets any higher unless your really romping on it for instance when i forgot to take it out and went mudding it got to 210 and I had to take it out

 

Well I guess I was proved wrong just figured since I have never done that cardboard trick didnt want to give advice and then someone say there truck lighted on fire or overheated . Anyways I think that I will try the cardboard trick. How are you holding the peice of cardboard in place dodgedakota98luver? I mean I could use ducktape but...

 

normally with t-stats, they open up a few degrees before there temp number, my method is turn the truck on.. dont run the heat in the cab so you dont cool the engine down, cause if im not mistaken, even when the thermostate is closed, the fluid still circulates through the heater core, dont quote me on that, if i were u, id go for the block heater. to make the truck look really good, instead of having a dangling plug, some tractor trailers have a "plug box" that mounts on the side on the truck and has a door that covers the 3 prongs for the outlet, looks sharp to... thats one of my few next projects

 

just lay it directly against it our trucks plastic piece on our bumpers work perfect to stop it from falling through it sits right in the grove