Well, let me know what happens. You have my curiosity up. The thermostats
with the blocking sleeve are quite expensive and you are limited in the temp
range. I did run with a blanking sleeve at one time, but I did not block off
the bypass. I don't remember having good results with that, but I did not
know much about the cooling system back then. Besides, it was something I
tried on the original 948 I had in the Bugeye at the time because it was
overheating. The 1275 I have in there now runs at a perfect temp all the
time. Gerard built the short block for me and did an exceptional job. His
work is impeccable.
Mike MacLean
--- On Tue, 3/26/13, Dean Hedin <dlh2001@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Dean Hedin <dlh2001@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: [Spridgets] Blanking sleeve and blocked bypass again...
To: "'Michael MacLean'" <rrengineer.mike@att.net>, "'Spridgets'"
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2013, 2:15 AM
I was just googling thermostats. Some modern ones are
two
stage affairs so that when they open they have another valve
that closes the
bypass.
A solution that might work for you and I. Drill a
small bypass
hole (maybe around 3/16") in the thermostat
itself.
That will allow a small
amount of flow to bleed past to
let the thermostat know things are warming
up.
I don't know, The more I think about it, it might
just be best to run
without the thermostat.
I'm curious anyway, I'd like to see how cool it
runs
with the bypass blocked on a hot 105F day.
If I'm driving it on a
cool day I'll just get on it harder to
make it warm up.
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