318 is not hot enough

So I replaced the thermostat because it was faulty and now the engine gets up to a normal temp (180) so thank you everyone for your help

All during this thread you kept going on about putting in a colder stat. What you should have done THEN and what you should do NOW is put in a HOTTER stat. 190/ 195


And you're right. I'm ALWAYS preachin' to people that "new" does not mean "good." 'Specially nowadays