Excellent update, thanks.
Very sorry to hear about your misfortunes. Hopefully this resolves the issue.
I can definitely see the car remaining below operating temp causing some fuel efficiency issues. The ECU references, I believe, different timing and fueling at varying engine temp. thresholds.
FWIW, I drove my Speed6 for an extended period of miles with a stuck tstat before I got around to fixing it and noticed no ill effects.
Kind of silly the issue arises simply from not presetting enough time for the ECT to reach a predetermined threshold...