Thermostat

Define "run any cooler"? If it is running 230° in heavy traffic on a hot day it'll still run 230° in heavy traffic on a hot day, no matter what thermostat is in it. A thermostat can't make an engine get less hot. All it can do is limit how cold it can run.
Beg to differ. Put a 180 thermostat in on the road running 10-15 degrees cooler in traffic running 10 degrees cooler. Anyway it does run cooler.