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Thanks for the advice as usual Ron. I still plan on changing the water pump as I'll be working on all of this at the same time anyhow.Yes, nothing wrong with that at all, racers always run 160deg thermostats
Thermostats set minimum operating temp, so can't help much with overheating, but 160deg should be open all the way after 8-10min so should keep the temp gauge below 1/2 full time
And 170-180deg(upper engine temp) is plenty warm for heater