thanks! was able to get it turned off and went out on vacay (much needed). just got back to my headache. i did the 2 small holes in the 160 degree t stat, upgraded fans to a dual 12" 3400cfm maradyne setup ( they pull tons of air but it is HOT!), changed engine oil to break in oil (had synthetic oil in there and was seeing a lot of smoke) this was unrelated but it seems like MUCH less smoke now. car goes to 220 in idle and up to 232 after driving and comes down very slowly (it is not hot today). But if i open the hood the temp drops quick. So im thinking i have way too much heat in my engine bay of course twin turbo, bored and stroked engine dont help, i need to figure a way to get heat out. So im thinking of wrapping all the pipes down to the down pipe.