[DeTomaso] Heater control valve

[Rob Dumoulin]

As a personal note, I have had to put my heater on many of my rods to help
reduce temps on overheating cars until I've been able to get to a place
where I can cool or fix it. Running the heater works to help overheating
cars.  Period.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:48 PM, michael at michaelshortt.com <
michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:

> reminds me of a scene from "The Gumball Rally" when Ace the racer who drove
> the 70 or 71 beige split bumper big block Camaro had his navigator Gary
> Busey turn on the heat  because the engine temp was rising, they were both
> sweating like crazy.
>
> Now back to your heater valve thread.
>
> Michael Shortt
> On Mar 22, 2011 7:34 PM, "B. Seib" <oldwheel at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Larry
> > I don't want to beat this to death but...
> > I disagree.
> >
> > ANY device that allows coolant coming from the water pump to come back to
> > the engine block without having to go through the radiator reduces the
> > cooling capacity of the system. If the heater core is an effective
> radiator,
> > then it would be the only exception. I doubt that is ever the case and
> most
> > of us don't want to drive around with the heater on high to help cool the
> > engine.
> >
> > Any bypass of the radiator results in less cooling.
> > It's not just the thermostat that you are bypassing, it's also the
> radiator!
> >
> > Respectfully
> > Barry
> >
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