Hi Ray, I feel the same way you do. The only thing that makes me wonder
somewhat is I have heard that many factory racing teams (including MG in
their day) replaced the thermostat with a special flow restrictor,,,,, hmm.
But I will need a little more hard evidence to convience me.
Anyone out there run their car without a thermostat?
Larry Hoy
1969 MGB
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Rick writes
> > Actually, the answer to your question is Yes and No. The thermostat
does
> > help to maintain cooling , not by closing when it gets too hot, but by a
> > restriction to the water flow through the engine, thus allowing the
transfer
> > of heat by the radiator.
> > If the water passes through the radiator too quickly, it retains too
much
> > heat and consequently the return coolant is at an elevated temp.
entering the
> > block, where it picks up more heat, etc, etc.
> > If you absolutely, positively have to run without a thermostat, (for
> > competition etc), replace the thermostat with a blanking sleeve or a
gutted
> > thermostat to retain the restriction in the flow path, to allow the
radiator
> > a chance to do it's job
> >
> > Rick
Ray replies:
>
> I am convinced this is not correct.
>
> Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
> Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
> gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
>
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