so after work today, i took nenad's advice from a previous post and installed the 79 degree celcius thermostat while changing all my hoses and doin a complete coolant flush including the block! i used a 60/40 (water/antifreeze) mixture and a bottle of redline watter wetter. after completing the whole job, i took the car out for a nice quick hard drive to see what temps would be like. just barely over the 80 degree mark which is much better than 85-90 and even higher in hott summer days where it used to be.

by the way, stock thermostat is 87 degrees.

this made such a big difference and change...thanks nenad!!!!

Jason