what al black and heads are you speaking of? you got a cast iron everything under the hood lol
all of GM's cars and trucks are made to run at 210 or so, where the engine runs its most efficient.
if you were to drop a 180 in, it would run as hot as it does now being your fans are not tuned to a lower turn on temp.
i got my fans set to come on at 185, run a 195 t stat, car runs 175-180 moving, if it sits and idles a long time it will still get to 200 or more.