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Re: [Spridgets] thermostat in the south......

To: "Mark Endicott" <mark@nashvilletn.org>, "spridgets list"
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] thermostat in the south......
From: Peter Caldwell <peter@nosimport.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:20:35 -0500
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     Peter C
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At 10:45 AM 8/8/2011, Mark Endicott wrote:
>So I have a question,  Just what is considered too hot?
>
>My 1275 will run 190 to 200 on a 95+ day in Tennessee.  It doesn't 
>boil (obviously) and the engine runs fine.  If it fill the radiator 
>to the top of the neck it will burp out what it doesn't want but 
>only once then it is fine.  I would think that 200 is OK for a cast 
>iron block and head.  It has been like this as long as I have had 
>Spridgets, over 40 years.  I run a 180 Thermostat because I think 
>that is the MINIMUM temp. that it should run, the MAXIMUM temp is 
>controlled by the cooling system not the thermostat.  My thoughts 
>have always been that if it doesn't boil it's ok.  I also use a 
>75/25 mix of water/antifreeze as our winters are relatively mild and 
>my cars stay in a heated garage.
>
>Mark
>Nashville _______________________________________________
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