[DeTomaso] Thermostat question

[asajay at asajay.com]

I may be all wet here, but...

When I was examining the block passages and the water pump passages,  
it appeared to me the heater routing could be considered an effective  
bypass, albeit a much longer one.  Hot fluid comes out the block right  
next to the thermostat, this is at the same potential as the  
thermostat outlet.  Instead of fluid going down the hole of the bypass  
restrictor plate, imagine it's totally closed off with a plug but the  
thermostat is closed.  Fluid exits the block to the heater core and  
comes back in at the waterpump inlet.

Can someone check me on that?

Asa Jay
<cooling is -not- currently my game>


Quoting Jim Gray <grayjim at att.net>:

> Does anyone know if there exits a Cleveland-specific 160 deg   
> thermostat?  More than one engine builder says to use such a   
> thermostat but I also think they substitute the restrictor in the   
> bypass circuit with one that has a much smaller hole.  One such   
> brass restrictor that I saw from Dennis Quella had a hole no larger   
> than 1/4 inch.  I did not look at the 160 deg. thermostat being used  
>  but I suspicion that it was not Cleveland-specific with the little   
> hat we all talk about.
>
> Can the brass restrictor be replaced easily, or at least without too  
>  much difficulty?
>
> Jim Gray
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