>Remember the heater is actually a small radiator. Bypass it, with
>a direct line, and you'll be feeding hot water back through the engine
>without a cooling path.
>
>I would recommend making sure the cooling system is up to par.
>
>Use a thermostat. Very least, if running without a thermostat -
>I would still use a "restrictor" plate (nothing more than a large
>washer with a hole in it) to help keep the engine from forming hot
>pockets around the head.
Understand about the heater. I was thinking more in terms of a track only
car (like our in progress E/P car) where the heater core has been
removed. I also realize on a street car if the heater water valve is
closed that there would not be flow through that part of the system.
I was just just wondering if it might help even out chamber to chamber
temps if you looped the water through the head in a competition oriented
motor? Too much time to think, I guess. <G> I'm not aware of the L-series
motors being prone to hot spots anyway. Don't know about the R or U
series.
Later, Ron
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Ronnie Day
rday@cyberramp.net
Dallas/Ft. Worth
'71 510 2-dr (Prepared class autocrosser)
'73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
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