ya know, everything really seems to be fine now....i've taken the car out and driven it to heat it up and then let it sit there at idle with the hood closed....the main problems before i replaced the thermostat were that my car heated up and pegged the temp gauge when at idle, i had spewed coolant everywhere on my trip to Utah, and my fans wouldn't kick in.....now my temp isn't rising...i haven't spewed coolant yet.....and my fans kick in before the temp gauge even gets to half way up....

my dad and i just figured since the fan sensor is in the thermostat housing and the fans weren't kicking on....that the thermostat wasnt opening...causing the coolant to spew out the reservoir and since the coolant wasn't flowing the fan sensor wasn't reading properly...

last night after i raced everything seemed to be fine...the problem happened today after my 3 hour drive to Utah

so hopefully this fixed it...if this doesn't sound right to anyone i'd appreciate any more info you have....