[Healeys] thermostat discussion

Michael Hartfield hartfiel at alumni.princeton.edu
Wed Jul 15 09:48:26 MDT 2009


My BJ8 runs best at 190F.  At 170 - 180F it runs as if it is too cool,
carburetion is simply better at 190F.

Michael Hartfield


Dan Stromquistdan at warner-associates.com

> This begs for the question then of what is the temperature Healeys should
> run at.  MY 64 BJ8 runs at 190-195F and after turned off goes to 212 and
> percolates on hot days.  In traffic on hot days it runs hotter but cools
> back to 190 as soon as I hit the highway.  Everyone seems so concerned about
> getting their temperature down but I am not so sure 160-165 is better?
> 
> Dan
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of F Ronald Rader
> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:51 AM
> To: Healey List
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] thermostat discussion
> 
> my apologies. i miss the first part of this thread.
> although my BJ8 runs at 165 on the hottest days in traffic with a 160
> degree thermostat my 1966 Mustang (with ALL new parts) runs between
> 180 and 200 because i have a 180 degree thermostat.
> the shop that works on it insists that i should not change to a 160
> thermostat because it wont make it run cooler because the water does
> not stay in the radiator long enough.
> 
> i think they are wrong.
> ron rader
> 
> 1965 BJ8
> 1967 E type w 160 degree stat also
> 
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Jerry Costanzo
> <grumpyinloomis at ssctv.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I wanted to give some feedback on the thermostat/ heating issue.  I pulled
> the sleaved thermostat and tested it in a pot of water.  While it did start
> opening at 160, it was not fully open till about 185 and the opening is
> limited.
>> I put in a modern Stant themostat and the car runs cooler.  I think the
> sleaved model was restricting flow.
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