Originally Posted by bguetter

Finished up installing an inline thermostat last night and got a chance to put about 50 miles on the setup this morning. I'm using a 180* thermostat and driving in 90*+ weather today my temps ranged from 177-185. 185 was only after sitting at idle for 5 minutes and then stop and go through construction zone.

Hardest part of the install was getting the old factory hose clamps off. I had to modify the fan shroud slightly to allow the thermostat housing to sit a little lower and not hit the hood.

parts needed-

Meizere inline thermostat housing
chevy v8 thermostat
lower radiator hose off a 2002 bmw 330
some type of bleeder valve in top hose, i used a 32mm from Glowshift
I went ahead and bought a new upper radiator hose and cut where needed to fit. I also replaced the brittle plastic tubes with 5/16th heater hose.

It gets up to temperature and out of closed loop fine. Fuel mileage was the same today according to scangauge. heater works fine too.