[DeTomaso] radiator deal

[Julian Kift]

And I disagree with you on that last part. I own said GT5 and what the aftermarket VDO gauge 'shows' is not degrees C or F, but a BS scale and it under reads by a mile, so much so I've had it boil over whilst showing 180F. I run it by oil temp and it ran 300F oil temp on track in Vegas. 
 
Julian
 
> From: JDeRyke at aol.com
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:13:59 -0500
> To: kenn_green at yahoo.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] radiator deal
> 
> In a message dated 2/24/11 2:40:49 PM, kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> > Basically that increased flow rate is necesary for high HP, and the flow 
> > rate is limited by the Pantera cooling system design, and by multi-pass 
> > radiators in particular.
> > 
> I disagree with the last part. The main flow restriction in a Pantera is 
> from the thermostat. You can verify this easily in your own Pantera by 
> removing the thermostat entirely (no other changes) and driving your Pantera on a 
> hot day. You will have trouble getting the water temp to 150 F! This is 
> regardless of what radiator you have. One member from AZ was amazed to find that 
> while running in his stock GT-5 (brass radiator, stock water pump and 
> factory pusher fans but no thermostat) , he only showed 150-170F- in June in Las 
> Vegas while thrashing it hard on track in 2nd & 3rd gear. Adding ONLY a 190F 
> thermostat shot his operating temperatures up to 210-220 on an easy 500 mile 
> road trip up to my place in northern NV. Try it and see. Cheers- J DeRyke
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