[DeTomaso] coolant bypass

[gow2 at rc-tech.net]

I think I would also add,

-Allows more water to circulate during warm up
-I wanted to try 2 thermostats to increase flow
-Were Pantera guys, it's what we do.



> Justin,
>
> If you're happy with your car, then stick with it!
>
> I wasn't.
>
> Since the tank is on the high pressure side of the water pump, I was
> running a 24lb cap on it and it would still puke coolant when I backed off
> the throttle at 7200rpm.
> It would run kinda' OK in 100F+ temperatures, even with a nice new Pantera
> Performance aluminum radiator. Kinda' OK wasn't acceptable.
>
> After changing the system to a remote thermostat and moving the tank to
> the low pressure side, using the Mike Trusty/John Taphorn modification
> whatever you want to call it, I have none of those problems.
>
> Note that these changes make a Pantera cooling system act just like any
> modern car's cooling system.
>
> Works for me. If what you have works for you, then I'd recommend leaving
> it.
>
> Regards,
> Kirby
>
> On Feb 1, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Justin Greisberg wrote:
>
>>
>> why are we doing this?  why don't we just use a cleveland thermostat on
>> a cleveland block?  i do, and the car seems to run fine and cool on the
>> street.  justin
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