[DeTomaso] coolant bypass

[Justin Greisberg]

I like/agree with:  "we're Pantera guys. It's what we do"

The fun part is figuring out how to make it work. Actually driving the car is a pleasant surprise, or a bonus, or maybe just wishful thinking. 

Justin



On Feb 1, 2012, at 9:42 PM, gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote:

> 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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