[Fot] To thermostat or not to thermostat...

[Tony Drews]

Radiator shroud intact?  That's kind of vital.

Regards, Tony

On 6/10/2022 2:25 PM, Chris Marx via Fot wrote:
>
> Somehow your radiator system is inefficient.
>
> My TR4 temperature is nailed to 185F and don’t move away from…range 
> maybe from 180 to 190.
>
> I use:
>
>   * Good aluminum radiator
>   * Blocked small circuit
>   * Automatic bleeding system
>   * 7 blade pump
>   * Smaller drive pulley to lower water pump speed
>
> *Von:*Dave Riddle <Dave at microworks.net>
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 10. Juni 2022 21:18
> *An:* tr4racing at googlemail.com; 'Philip Gott' <vfracing at aol.com>
> *Cc:* fot at autox.team.net
> *Betreff:* RE: [Fot] To thermostat or not to thermostat...
>
> Brand new Aluminum Radiator from Wizard and all new hoses
>
> *From:*tr4racing at googlemail.com [mailto:tr4racing at googlemail.com 
> <mailto:tr4racing at googlemail.com>]
> *Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2022 12:17 PM
> *To:* 'Philip Gott'; Dave Riddle
> *Cc:* fot at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* AW: [Fot] To thermostat or not to thermostat...
>
> Yeah, that was my thought.
>
> Besides that, I use a thermostat in my TR4.
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris
>
> *Von:*Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> *Im Auftrag von *Philip Gott 
> via Fot
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 10. Juni 2022 21:07
> *An:* Dave Riddle <Dave at microworks.net>
> *Cc:* fot at autox.team.net
> *Betreff:* Re: [Fot] To thermostat or not to thermostat...
>
> Time to get the radiator flushed.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>     On Jun 10, 2022, at 2:25 PM, Dave Riddle via Fot
>     <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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>     
>
>     I have the thermostat housing open right now and have obtained a
>     new 180 degree thermostat to replace the 180 degree Motorad one
>     that has been in there since the 1990s.  The old one I put in a
>     pot and saw it open when I heated the water but It is still
>     suspect. Here in the Phoenix area it is the rare day that we
>     really need to be concerned with ambient temps leading to
>     prolonged engine warm up conditions. Lately I had noticed that
>     when running for prolonged times at Freeway speeds (+75 at 3500
>     RPM) the temps would quickly reach +230 and if I jumped off the
>     Freeway and moved at surface Street speeds of 45 even with Stop
>     and Go streetlights within a mile or two the temps had dropped
>     back to between 210 and 220.
>
>     Should I look at using a 160 degree thermostat or just ditching
>     one altogether?
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