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<blockquote data-quote="secretz" data-source="post: 6528324" data-attributes="member: 72077"><p>Hi. I just inherited/bought a 98 cobra from my friend. The car runs great, but tends to ping every once in a while in hotter weather (and less in cooler weather...and it's not all the time either) or due to the quality of gas. My friend suggested that I get a new thermostat for it to see if it makes any difference. The car has a diablo chip but the timing has been retarded a bit due to the pinging. </p><p></p><p>I've been looking through thermostat threads and haven't found anything that'd answer my question. The car doesn't overheat at all and the vaccum lines seem to work fine. I've looked through the haynes manual and saw:</p><p></p><p>opening temp: 188-195 deg.</p><p>fully open temp: 212 deg.</p><p></p><p>Should I stick with an OEM thermostat or will the cooler aftermarket thermostats work better? (and which one? 140, 160, or 180)</p><p></p><p>If you can help, thanks. </p><p></p><p>- amber</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="secretz, post: 6528324, member: 72077"] Hi. I just inherited/bought a 98 cobra from my friend. The car runs great, but tends to ping every once in a while in hotter weather (and less in cooler weather...and it's not all the time either) or due to the quality of gas. My friend suggested that I get a new thermostat for it to see if it makes any difference. The car has a diablo chip but the timing has been retarded a bit due to the pinging. I've been looking through thermostat threads and haven't found anything that'd answer my question. The car doesn't overheat at all and the vaccum lines seem to work fine. I've looked through the haynes manual and saw: opening temp: 188-195 deg. fully open temp: 212 deg. Should I stick with an OEM thermostat or will the cooler aftermarket thermostats work better? (and which one? 140, 160, or 180) If you can help, thanks. - amber [/QUOTE]
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