Just curious if any of you all with the V6 have tried the 180 degree thermostat RIPP has come out with?
http://www.rippmods.com/shop/2011-20...deg-thermostat
I just ordered one to try since it should help when I'm towing. I'll be towing my project car a long way this next month so I'll find out then if no one else has.

 

Good job bud. Up until now no one was making them and the only guys running lower than the 195 were running the supercharger kit. And they were using a modded stant or a stocker with holes drilled into it. Let us know your before and after idle and cruise temps.

 

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/1st-gen...hermostat.html

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...t-install.html


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Well, my 2012 Crew came with a 203* stat and I drilled three 3/16" holes on the out side of the stat but that didn't allow the engine to warm up fast enough and the CEL came on so I went back to the stock stat.

Auggie

 

Drilling a stat allows full or partial bypass. Which indeed is no good
STEVE

 

I've gotten the RIPP 180 thermostat and finally installed it today. Here's the new thermostat and seal:

While waiting for it and the seal to arrive I've been watching my temps and on the highway I was often seeing it about 194-195 and around town 203-205. The RIPP site mentions replacing a stock 209 one, but mine seemed under that and seems confirmed when I pulled it out. It appears that my 2011 D Pentastar had a 195 thermostat:

Replacing the thermostat was very easy. Two bolts to remove once the air intake was removed.

The thermostat is held in the housing by just a spring and retainer setup that is taken off easily by hand.

After replacing the temps are down about 10-15 degrees depending on highway to city driving which is expected due to the original thermostat being a 195 one. I've had no CEL or other issues come up. I'll be keeping an eye on things overall, but being only a 15 degree difference in temp I suspect no major changes in anything.

 

Could that be 95 C. 95 x 1.847 + 32 = 207* F

Auggie

 

95c = 203f

 

It likely is a 95 C thermostat. I just kinda fooled myself into thinking it was 195 F since on trips the temp often stayed around 194-195 and since so far I've only seen the temps remain about 10-15 F lower versus the around 20 F lower I should be getting if the original thermostat is a 203 F/95 C one.

But, I should also realize that the EVIC likes to lie to me and I shouldn't rely on the numbers it spits out. After all it keeps telling me that I'm getting at least 2 mpg better than what I'm actually getting all the time.

 

Are you trying to increase power with a colder thermostat? If so, then note that if the engine is not allowed to operate in the temperature range it is designed for, it will wear faster, power could be less due to more friction, and the computer may limit spark advance (and therefore power) until it reaches the normal operating range. Plenty of articles out there pro and con, but if you are doing this for power I'd suggest asking for dyno results showing the supposed increases. Be sure to put magnets around your fuel lines too - they supposedly align the molecules and make it burn more efficiently!