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That is a standard Bosch/GM NTC (thermistor) resistance value. You can use any $20 GM sensor in it's place. For example: https://www.amazon.com/ACDelco-213-77-Original-Equipment-Temperature/dp/B000C9JS5C Or a Bosch unit (metric): https://www.bosch-motorsport.com/content/downloads/Raceparts/en-GB/53687307119081483.html#/Tabs=53698955/ Bosch also lists the values along with it. REALLY common stuff when you are doing standalone EFI setups and tuning. These are used everywhere - coolant temp, manifold temp, intake air temp, etc. They have brass, plastic, open element.... anything you could want and they are CHEAP. Bosch essentially set all these standards back in the 70's, GM adopted them along with a lot of Bosch components and rolled them into their Rochester Fuel Systems products and a couple billion GM products were built with Rochester (Bosch) injectors, temp sensors, and other bits. Subaru just copied GM because that's what they could buy cheap and it was essentially industry standard (and in many cases still is). GD

I guarantee you won’t see better traction over the next 5 years until you buy: 1. studded 2. Nokian Winter tires 3. or maybe if you buy Michellin X Ice (and maybe one other top rated) but replace them every 2-3 years. cheaper tires are not as good. Some aren’t as good from day one. others are good the first year but slowly degrade. Year 2 is less, year 3 is significantly less. I’ve seen cheap tires showing cracking and signs of degradation in 3 years. The same is happening to less expensive models even if you can’t see it as easily. here’s why many opinions are lacking: urban areas where most people live are easy to drive in. They’re better maintained than rural areas/roads with no snow trucks and the driving alone helps clear the junk. many people have flexible jobs and don’t drive (teachers) or flex work hours if the roads are bad it’s easy to drive in snow with that flexibility. many people live in flat areas. Ohio and much of the Midwest is a joke to drive in with snow. Winter tires are nice and helpful but by no means a necessity unless you’re plowing snow with a slammed VTEC. My current commute you will absolutely end up sliding off the road even with low grade snow tires going down a steep switch back unmaintained gravel road. Once you start sliding the car can not be stopped and you hope to hit a snow bank or dirt before a tree. Many reviews and opinions you hear are people that have one, or more, of the above going on. They likely reviewing conditions that aren’t anything like yours . What works for them won’t work for you. I would have been one of those people 10 years ago and swore any of the good snow tires would be great. I’ve since learned otherwise. I get the same average snow fall where I live now as other states I’ve lived in but it’s 3x harder and more dangerous due to the steep grades and unmaintained roads. Even As an essential government worker, driving in states of emergency blizzards, I never “needed” snow tires, would have them sometimes and not others - until I started driving in the mountainous rural areas. Now - the only way I could consistently drive is with studs and maybe Nokians luckily I have more work flexibility now so it’s less important but I still don’t like feeling trapped so I need decent tires