Clutch fan question?

[Strawdawg]

Wild, don't you think your engine would be better served with  a 195 degree tstat? Your engine isn't at design operating temp at 175.

for some reason, I thought it was the newer model cars designed for emission control that were designed to run at higher temps.

I recall that in the '80's that the turbo buick factory guys told us that as long as the temp was 160, wear would be minimal.  As far as power goes, the dyno seems to say that temps between 160-180 will give the highest HP in most cases.