[DeTomaso] To thermostat or not to thermostat

[michael frazier]

Oy, "laminar flow" raises it's ugly head again in just a few days.  Turbulence in the radiator cools.  You don't want a slow moving "boundary
layer" moving along the surface of the cooling tubes while a faster moving core moves through the center.  This turbulence is usually
a product of flow volume/speed.  I close the by-pass in the pump off with a small piece of aluminum sheet and use a regular Ford stat.
190-200 teps in traffic...with a good clean stock radiator.  New car has a huge custom built aluminun radiator and seems to run 190 regardless.
Michael
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa Y'all...noticing new radiators have dimpled cores and are flat black.  Cool AND fast.
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