Well, if I sold thermostats I'd recommend a 190 for winter, a 170 for spring,
a 160 for summer and a 180 for fall (plus new gaskets, of course) ;) And, I'd
recommend they not be used for more than one season.
Honestly, I've given this a lot of thought and considerable experimentation with
my own cars. I don't buy the "160deg in summer because it opens sooner" logic;
if your cooling system isn't up to the task it isn't going to make much
difference for
long. Using a blanking sleeve if you're a racer makes sense; you're running
flat
out at max engine temp and you'd want to remove any obstruction in the cooling
system.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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----- Original Message -----
From: <SJNNOCK@aol.com>
To: <bspidell@comcast.net>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 8:35 PM
Subject: Bob Spidel Thermostate
> Bob ... When l worked at the British Car Dealer , Toronto in 1956 , just
> before the winter started one of our regular jobs was to install a winter (
> hot ) thermostat in customers cars , if this was not done the heater would
>just
> move the cold air around the car , after the winter we would put back the
> summer thermostst ... we just did what the service manager said ... this
>could
> have been what started it ... Norman Nock
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