Water temp 60oC is this ok?

[turboshed]

I changed my thermostat a few weeks ago as the car was taking ages to warm up. Bought a halfords thermostat and installed it. Car gets up to temp in about 5 mins, longer in the recent weather but on my water temp gauge it only ever goes to about 63-65oC and maybe see 70oC if i give it some beans. Im just wondering if this is a bit cool as with the old thermostat it used to sit at around 80-85oC. And if the car idles for a while now it will cool down to about 55oC and the heater is not really what i would call hot just warm

any ideas is this normal? or should i change the thermostat? or any other suggestions

thanks
Jamie

[steve 1200]

seems like a lot of the s13 dont hold temp in the realy cold weather i asked a few days ago it happens to a lot of peeps did the same to me last year changed thermo and no diff this year so im not going to worry

[turboshed]

but isnt 60oC a bit too cold? Will the car be running rich still on warm up?

[Jezz_S13]

Too cold I'd say.

I'm not sure what temp the ECU switches into proper running temp mode, but it could be that you are never getting into it.