Kelvin,
I commend you for quoting the following texts!
I will save this post for the next time this topic comes up on this list,
so that I can shoot it off at the first mention of
give-the-water-time-to-cool-off...
Thanks, Ulix
On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Kelvin Dodd wrote:
> "If the thermostat is taken out and a blanking sleeve is not used, then
> the cylinders farthest away from the thermostat end of the engine will
> run hotter, and those nearer the thermostat will tend to run cooler
> because some of the water is taking a short cut directly from the water
> pump to the thermostat housing area of the head and then out throught
> the top hose." David Vizard "Tuning BL's A-Series Engine
>
> "A thermostat should be used on all road engines." "In a few
> competition situations the thermostat can be discarded, in which case it
> must be replaced with the special blanking sleeve" "Running without a
> thermostat and without the sleeve can actually result in a reduced water
> flow rate, so beware!" Peter Burgess "How to Power Tune MGB 4-Cylinder
> Engines"
>
> "The point of the so-called "blanking sleeve" is not to block the flow
> of water but, instead, divert it to create better distribution of
> coolant around the whole engine." Daniel Stapleton "How to Power Tune
> Midget & Sprite"
>
> I will make my stand with the "You need a thermostat" camp.
>
>
> Kelvin.
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