With regards to the thermostat, the common consensus is that removing
the thermostat completely is a bad thing - supposedly causes overheating
of the rear cylinders.
However, you can either install a thermostat blanking sleeve or just cut out
the centre of the thermostat. I have use the later method in the racecar. It
only requires snipping two thin bits of metal - the 'posts' that hold the
spring
in place.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Leigh Ellen Johnson <ljohnson@cit.gu.edu.au>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 12:42 AM
Subject: Overheating
>Ebony and I had fun and games this morning when she blew the
>fan belt and overheated (funny, that). Situation easily
>fixed and all appears well in the world again, though it was
>nice to have a midget driver pull over to check I was ok :)
>Later, a friend told me that he took his thermostat out of
>his bugeye, and then his MkII when he had them as the car
>was happier without the thermostat in the Australian heat.
>Opinions?
>
>LeighEllen
>'62 MkII Sprite - 'Ebony'
>
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