not good; but possible, yes.

(I didn't have one in there when I bought the car)

 

First, when you drain out a good amount of coolant, you have to burp the system when you fill it again. Top it off all you can, close it up and run the car up to temp with the heater on high for a couple of minutes. Let it cool off, then fill it up again. You should do that at least once, if not twice.

Second, removing the thermostat will do one of two things in most cases. 1) The car won't eer get up to operating temperature and it won't burn the A/F mixture completely, resulting in fouled plugs and a smelly exhaust. 2) The car will still overheat because the coolant doesn't sit in the radiator long enough to cool down.

 

First off, what temperature thermostat are you running? Get a lower temp opening stat, make sure you fill your coolant like they said ridding the system of air locks. Use a 50/50 mix, and add red line watter wetter, it works. If you want to go extreme you can get an aluminum radiator from fluidyne and a kick ass electric cooling fan from spal.

 

you might want to look into why it didn't have one when you bought it. there's probably more wrong with the coolant system than just the thermostat.

 

you guys are smart.

filled it up 2 more times =) now it's cool. i am looking at an electric fan also, i hate that mechanical fan.

 

geez it wants to overheat at stoplights now. wtf.
and yes, my fan does turn on.

 

didnt bother to read the whole thread but make sure you vent the system until coolant starts to come out of the vent so you do not get hot spots in your block. what kind of mixture of coolant/water are you using? is there a bunch of shit collecting on the front of your radiator? any coolant leaks? coolant level ok?

 

its about 50/50, yes coolant level is at max. i've vented/burped/bled/squeezed the system.

 

still running hot. help?

 

Check airflow next, make sure there's nothing blocking the airflow to the radiator. Also, make sure any sheilds that direct air into it are in place also.
Next option may be a new radiator?