[DeTomaso] MDs Radiator

[Ken Green]

I think what you're calling a shunt is what John Taphorn describes as a bypass in his excellent cooling article:

www.spacecitypanteras.com/Technical/Pantera_Cooling-JTaphorn.pdf

Ken


--- On Mon, 6/16/08, Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se> wrote:

> From: Thomas Tornblom <Thomas.Tornblom at hax.se>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] MDs Radiator
> To: "Göran Malmberg" <hemipanter at hemipanter.se>
> Cc: kenn_green at yahoo.com, JDeRyke at aol.com, detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 1:55 AM
> Göran Malmberg skrev:
> > CIT
> >
> > " Thanks, Ken.
> > works- at least on a few Panteras- is NO THERMOSTAT at
> >  all! Running a GT-5 with no thermostat in Arizona,
> the owner could not get 
> > the
> >  temp gauge to show more than 120 degrees in high
> summer,
> >
> >  The confusion seems be multiplied due to some brands
> of thermostats flowing
> >  better than others when open, regardless of
> temperature rating. I've been
> >  meaning to investigate this in Judy's car using
> the old flathead
> > Cheers- J Deryke"
> >
> > The GT5 is having a pretty good splitter thet is
> feeding air to the 
> > radiator.
> > I havent ever been running a thermostat on the Hemi.
> But there is no 
> > recirculation
> > present. It does have long varm up period, so I stay
> of the trottle a little 
> > longer.
> > The very best thermostat I have used was the 3 way
> "shunt" ( Swedish word) 
> > system.
> > The shunt is actually a valve that vorks like a house
> water rdiator heater 
> > system.
> > It opens gradually as the water gets heted, partley
> letting water go to the 
> > radiator
> > while the other % is recirculated. When all water is
> warm there is 100% 
> > radiator
> > circulation. But there is newer any "thermostat
> restriction" and allways 
> > 100%  waterpump
> > flow.
> > I am not saying that this system plays any big part in
> cooling the engine, 
> > but it keeps
> > the flow up all the time, eliminating head spot
> boiling. An even during warm 
> > up there
> > is 100% internal engine waterflow without thermostat
> restriction.
> > Goran
> >   
> 
> Some 4 cylinder BMW:s use a separate three way thermostat,
> which acts 
> like a shunt.
> 
> Thomas
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