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

[Bob Kramer]

I recently upgraded to this Griffin radiator.  Stands straight up and with
a couple of easy to fab brackets, it mounts to the OEM radiator mounts,
which is a common vintage rule. It's a shorter version of the circle track
style.
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Bob Kramer


On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 2:19 PM Dave Riddle via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Brand new Aluminum Radiator from Wizard and all new hoses
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> *From:* 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...
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> Yeah, that was my thought.
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> Besides that, I use a thermostat in my TR4.
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> Cheers
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> Chris
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> *Von:* Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net> *Im Auftrag von *Philip Gott via
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> *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...
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> Time to get the radiator flushed.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> 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.
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> Should I look at using a 160 degree thermostat or just ditching one
> altogether?
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