[DeTomaso] Thermostat question

wkooiman at earthlink.net wkooiman at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 3 00:39:06 EDT 2009


Or you can use a Weiand pump.  It doesn't have the warm-up passage.  Right?

Isn't it the only one?

You could also use a WP with the warm-up passage, but then block it at the pump.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony DiGiovanna <tonydigi at optonline.net>
>Sent: Sep 2, 2009 8:05 PM
>To: 'Jim Gray' <grayjim at att.net>, 'DeTomaso A' <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Thermostat question
>
>I remove the brass plate.  Sometimes they come out easy enough with a
>screwdriver.  If not, I have a carriage bolt just smaller than the hole that
>I use to pry the plate out.  I hammer a 3/4 inch freeze plug into the brass
>plate, return it to the block and use JB-Weld to secure the plate in the
>block and the plug in the plate.
>Then a std thermostat is used.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
>Behalf Of Jim Gray
>Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 2:54 PM
>To: DeTomaso A
>Subject: [DeTomaso] Thermostat question
>
>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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